Ideatorical and Aesthetic Dominants in War Stories Belarusian Writers Born at the End of the Хіх Century and in the Beginning of the Xx Century

The article examines the evolution of the Belarusian war story in the works of older generation writers who were participants or witnesses of hostilities. Particular attention is paid to the works of authors who used the extrapolation method in their creativity and remained adherents of the realistic direction in conveying the military atmosphere. The literary analysis is based on a long historical period – from the 1910s. to the 1970s, as well as showing the directions of development of the genre of the Belarusian war story from fictionalized to realistic.