There is considered the issue of the modern way of life of traditional Cossack culture of the Volgograd region, analyzed the issues regarding the mechanisms of preserving, transmission and adaptation of Cossack culture. There is shown the transformation of the mechanisms of transmission of cultural heritage and search for the forms of its intergeneration transmission.

There is covered the issue of performing culture of Don Cossacks with the signs of dialectal, articulation specificity that influence the process of sounding. There are analyzed the expressive means of Don songs, its intonation structure, peculiarities of vocalism and consonants of Don Cossacks dialects. There are suggested the examples that give the idea of some specific features of Don singing phonation