«FORTY FABLES": THE HISTORY OF THE PUBLICATION OF THE COLLECTION AND ITS CONSONANCE WITH THE WORK OF ABAI

Abstract

Collection of A. Baitursynov "Forty fables", in which the fables of the Russian poet I. Krylova, is one of the most striking works of educational literature of the early twentieth century, a separate spiritual phenomenon in Kazakh spirituality. I. Krylov's fables are widely spread in the Kazakh steppe due to the teaching of subjects of the educational process of Russian-Kazakh schools opened in military fortresses and trading cities, as well as the educational activities of democratic poets and scientists deported to the Kazakh steppes from Central Russia, who were subjected to political repression. The poet's fables arethe basis of the work of such poets-writers as Ybyrai Altynsarin, Abai Kunanbayev, who in the 2nd half of the XIX century spread the ideas of Enlightenment.The author prepared his translation of the collection for publication in 1903, but did not publishit in print for many years due to censorship. One of the first who got acquainted with the handwritten version of the collection "Forty Fables" –A. Bokeikhan. He admired A. Baitursynov's fables as "wonderful poems" and worked hard to publish the collection in print. Thanks to the tireless search of A. Bokeikhan's publishing house, the collection "Forty Fables" was published in St. Petersburg in 1909. The leader of Alash evaluates translated poems as a sublime expression of artistic creativity in the satirical genre.