RASUL GAMZATOV AND NIKOLAY TIKHONOV: PERSONAL AND CREATIVE CONTACTS

Abstract

The object of the article is the creative and personal ties of Rasul Gamzatov and Nicolay Tikhonov, the famous Soviet poet, writer, and translator, who played an important role in the literary life of Dagestan, made a great contribution to the development of its verbal culture, one of the first opened it to the Soviet reader. Their strong friendship continued for many years. It was cemented by a common cause, a love of literature, a desire to develop it and convey to the reader their new ideas. Their relationship was of a trusting nature and was based on respect for each other.