AZERBAIJANI TALES PUBLISHED BY A.ZAKHAROV

Abstract

The publication of the SMOMPK collection, which played an important role in the literary and cultural development of Azerbaijan, was a great impetus to the development of folklore-study in Azerbaijan. One of the Russian intellectuals who made a great contribution to the collection of folklore samples of Azerbaijan is A.Zakharov. Tales dominated among the materials of the SMOMPK collection, which included samples of Azerbaijani folklore in twenty-five from forty-six editions.

The Azerbaijani tales collected by A. Zakharov were published in the 6^th edition in 1888 and in the 9^th edition in 1890 of the SMOMPK collection.

The tales published by A. Zakharov are distinguished by their plot composition, variety of images and richness. A. Zakharov tried to preserve the national color and affiliation, artistic means of description of the Azerbaijani language in these tales translated by him into the Russian language.