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2018 marks the 70th anniversary of the novel “Ossetians” by Ezetkhan Uruymagova – of the first book of a two-volume epic novel, which later was published more than once and became famous under the name “Towards Life”. The article deals with the history of creation of the work, traces its main stages – from conceiving the idea to its artistic implementation. Participation of famous Soviet writers N. Tikhonov and Y. Libedinsky in the creative destiny of E. Uruymagova is noted, as well as their professional support in the period of writing of the manuscript and in preparing it for publication. The book was published at the end of 1948 and became an event for the national literatures of the North Caucasus not only through resonating readers’ response, but also as the first novel by Ossetian authoress written in the Russian language. Over the past decades, many ideological postulates that were part of the author’s worldview lost their relevance. But one fact remains indisputable: in Ossetian culture E.Uruymagova’s book is deservedly recognized as one of the outstanding examples of the historical and revolutionary novel of Ossetian Soviet literature and as the phenomenon of artistic tradition. Untimely death prevented the writer from finishing this trilogy. However, even today, the novel in its unfinished form is perceived as big epic work, which represents the events of the revolutionary era in close connection with the socio-psychological portrait of the Ossetian people and with the historical and cultural context of the time. The article is based on the correspondence of E.Uruymagova. Her letters have been extracted from the funds of the Russian State Archive of Literature and Art, the Scientific Archives of North Ossetian Institute for Humanitarian and Social Studies, the Archive of the Museum of Ossetian Literature and are thematically related to the work on the manuscript and on the publication of the book.

Keywords: “Ossetians”, “Towards Life”, Yezetkhan Uruymagova, history of Ossetian Soviet literature, Russian-language Ossetian literature, history in letters.

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