ABDUL PSHENOKOV IN M.Sh. NURIMANOVA’s MEMORIES
The proposed materials refer to previously unreleased memoirs about one of the leading figures in science and culture of Kabardino-Balkaria in the early 1930s, Abdul Kanshaovich Pshenokov. Memoirs were written in 1958 by his wife M.Sh. Nurimanova, and cover the period from 1932 to 1937. The narrative of M.Sh. Nurimanova is preceded by an introductory article, which contains a brief description of A.K. Pshenokov’s life and activities, as well as comments related to the individual names, dates and events mentioned by memoirist. Through the short period of time, reflected in this material, one may reconstruct the psychological portrait of A.K. Pshenokov, the range of his scientific interests, the progress of creative development, details of the facts of his biography as well as the events in the life of the republic of those years. The work includes images, which are published here, with one exception, for the first time. The text of the memoirs is given with small shortenings.