RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and JournalismRUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism2312-92202312-9247Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)1758810.22363/2312-9220-2017-22-4-640-649Research ArticleABOUT THE PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE TEACHER(TO THE CENTURY OF PROFESSOR YAKOV ALEKSEEVICH LOMKO)VolkovaI I<p>Volkova Irina Ivanovna, Doсtor of Philological Sciences, Assistant professor of the Department of mass communications, Faculty of philology, RUDN University.</p>irma-irma@list.ruPeoples’ Friendship University of Russia1512201722464064929122017Copyright © 2017, Volkova I.I.2017<p>The article is dedicated to Yakov Alekseevich Lomko, Professor of the Department of Mass Communications of the Peoples Friendship University of Russia, an outstanding teacher and public figure, journalist, head of editorial teams, veteran of the war, a person of the same age as the October Revolution. It is an attempt to write about an extraordinary person in the context of the theory of personal knowledge. The author uses methods of flashback and in-depth interviews.</p>Yakov Lomkopropaganda«Moscow News»SovinformbureauEXPO-58RUDN Universityinternational journalismteaching at the universityЯков Ломкопропагандагазета «Московские новости»Совинформбю-роЭКСПО-58РУДНмеждународная журналистикапреподавание в вузе[Gorizonty publitsistiki [Horizons of Journalism: Experience and Problems]. Moscow: Mysl, 1981. 231 p.][Koshkin S. Veteran otechestvennoi I informatsionnoi fvoin [Veteran of the Patriotic and Information Wars]. URL: http://chekist.ru/article/2678 (accessed: 12.09.2017).][Lunacharsky A. Grigory Evseyevich Zinoviev (Radomyslsky). URL: http://www.magister.msk.ru/ library/politica/lunachar/lunaa018.htm (accessed: 12.09.2017).][Polanyi M. Lichnostnoye znaniye [Personal Knowledge: Towards a Post-Critical Philosophy]. Moscow: Progress, 1985. 344 p.]