Spiritual insight of the heroes in the novel by Ahmedkhan Naloev "Riders of the dawn"

The objective of this article is to integrate the national Kabardino-Circassian literature into the new socio-cultural reality, which will help determine its status in the modern artistic context. An attempt has been made to substantiate the concept of a comparative-typological nature – the transition from stating the general provisions of literary criticism to developing specific issues on specific material, that is, analyzing and identifying the national-artistic context of the novel "Riders of the Dawn". It has been established that the work of the Kabardian prose writer Akhmedkhan Naloyev is currently still among the little-studied. It is argued that to date his work is still among the little-studied: there are no monographs or other scientific works on a comprehensive study of the author's works. Currently, only the dictionary entry of P. Shevlokov with the same name, the article of S. Alkhasova in the KBIGI Bulletin and the preface of M. Sokurov to the Russian translation of the novel are known. Meanwhile, a serious study of the work of the writer Akhmedkhan Naloev is caused by an urgent need. It is shown that the novel by Akhmedkhan Naloev was written in the then dominant Soviet ideology and methodology of socialist realism, with artistic comprehension, a consistent recreation of the atmosphere of days gone by. A successful and original choice of the theme of the novel, the writer's ability to boldly and broadly cover the grandiose historical events in the life of the small Kabardian people, together with the talent of the author himself: liveliness and clarity of image, the ability to penetrate into the depths of the problem and philosophically comprehend it - these are the distinctive features of the author in this work. It is proven that A. Naloev successfully coped with the main task - to reveal as fully as possible the spiritual life and character of a person whose image should be depicted in expressive colors. The stated goal determines the task. The theoretical significance of the work is that this article will to some extent fill the existing gap in Kabardino-Circassian literary criticism. Research methods: comparative-contrastive, comparative-historical, cultural-historical, historical-typological.