The paper is dedicated to the centenary of the birth of a well-known researcher of Siberian literature, doctor of philological sciences, Professor Vasily Trushkin. The main milestones of the scientist’s creative path, his methodological principles as the “great worker of science” and the most significant systematist and bibliographer of literary Siberia are considered. The paper includes diary materials and the memoirs about V. Trushkin written by Valentin Raspu-tin and Anatoly Prelovsky, colleagues of the scientist at Irkutsk State University. A special place is given to the role of V. Trushkin in the discovery of the talent of Alexander Vampilov, a member of the university literary association, guided by the scientist.
Smirnov S. R. “Sibirskiy tekst” V. P. Trushkina kak dokument istoricheskogo vremeni: Sibirskoe prostranstvo v lingvisticheskom i kul’turnom aspekte [“Siberian Text” by V. P. Trushkin as a document of historical time: Siberian space in linguistic and cul-tural aspect]. Irkutsk, ISU Publ., 2013, pp. 91–96.
Trushkin V. P. Druz’ya moi… Iz dnevnikov 1937–1964 godov. Ocherki i stat’i. Iz al’boma “Nefteflot literatury”. Vospominaniya o V. P. Trushkine [My friends... From the diaries of 1937–1964. Essays and articles. From the album “Oil fleet of literature.” Memories about V. P. Trushkin]. Irkutsk, Sapronov G. K. Publ., 2001, 448 p.
Vasiliy Prokop’evich Trushkin: Biobibliograficheskiy ukazatel’. K 50-letiyu so dnya rozhdeniya [Vasily Prokopievich Trushkin: Biobiblographic index. To the 50th anniverary of his birth]. N. Yu. Kryazhinskaya (Comp.). Irkutsk, 1970, 26 p.