MEMORIES OF MAGOMED JAFAROV

Abstract

. The purpose of the study is to consider as an object of artistic research the memoirs of Magomed Jafarov, who created an outstanding historical and artistic memoir testimony about the civil war in Dagestan. The scientific novelty of the work is due to the fact that the memoirs of Magomed Jafarov are being studied for the first time from the point of view of their genre and artistic features, and the text of Jafarov’s memoirs is analyzed. As a result of the study, it is revealed that the author is able to create a true picture of the era of the civil war, to show the life of the Dagestani peoples in this not easy time. The memoirs also trace the fate of Dagestani and Russian officers who found themselves in a difficult life situation after the revolution. Jafarov’s memoirs present portraits of historical figures who played an important role in the era of the civil war. We can also judge Jafarov’s extraordinary skill as a memoirist author.