V. Ivanov as a publicist

In the article journalism of the outstanding Russian thinker and poet Vyacheslav I. Ivanov is comprehended for the first time. The author reminds that even F. A. Stepun (being an erudite connoisseur of the poet`s heritage) could not admit that Ivanov was a publicist, and existing bio- and bibliographic dictionaries hold back this type of literary activity of the poet. Meanwhile the journalism of Vyacheslav I. Ivanov is absolutely original and uncommon creativity which still remains extremely actual. This status of journalism of the poet is caused first of all by its religious and ontological contents: Ivanov was the publicist of so called de profundis. He was able to open deep meanings of events which, appeared to be connected only with historically changeable, swift-flowing phenomena of public, intellectual and religious life. Gift to generalizing, mythopoetic figurativeness, gnostic and existential meaning generating defines a sharp demand of Ivanov`s publicistic heritage of today. The author`s opinion is proved by Ivanov's articles «Our language», «Kruchi - about the crisis of humanity», «Revolution and national self-determination», «To ideology of Jewish problems» which became a subject of analytical attention in the paper.