Saransk chronotope of M. M. Bakhtin

Subject of the article: Saransk chronotope of M.M.Bakhtin. Object of the article: city and genius: Bakhtin-Saransk-Bakhtin: university view. The purpose of the project is to update the information on the Saransk period of life and creation of M.M. Bakhtin for the scientific and educational world; through the prism of studying the fate of the scientist to see the intellectual history of Russia; to create conditions for research work. Methodology: construction of the context concept of the unique environment of Saransk provincial city, where Bakhtin lived and worked for 25 years. Emphasis of the main categories in consideration of Bakhtin Saransk chronotope, spirituality, character, existence, daily life, self-awareness, world outlook and ideology of the scientist. Creation of scientific and creative aura in Mordovia University in the years of work and today, when the process of getting into its semantic categories is under way, examination of the main humanitarian ideas. The development of Bakhtin's space at the university (creation of the Mikhail Bakhtin Center) and in the city (opening of the monument and the memorial zone), etc. Results of the work: the urgency of the article is due to the need to include the "Saransk chronotope" in the overall picture of the long and contradictory process of perception of Bakhtin's ideas by domestic humanitaristics. The field of results’ application: Bakhtin's ideas, which became the basis for the formation of a new scientific paradigm, stimulate the research interest; open up the possibilities of comparative and competitive methodology.The study of the "Saransk chronotope" makes it possible to clarify/detail the general patterns of the development of Russian humanitarian thought for philosophy, culturology and philology. Conclusion: the scientific novelty of the study is that the materials of scientific, creative mastering of M.M. Bakhtin ideas in the context of "Saransk chronotope" of the scientist’s life are analyzed in a complex way that allows not only to improve the database connected with the life and work of MM.Bakhtin in Saransk but also to include the "Saransk chronotope" in the scientific turn as the phenomenon that has allowed the thinker to represent his ideas. Thus, the conclusions presented in the article are reasoned and logical.