GENRE-STYLISTIC FEATURES OF WAR-TIME VOCAL FOLKLORE OF THE KUBAN NOGAIS
The article discusses the stylistic features of the Kuban Nogais’ late-formation vocal genres: ballad songs ( балладалык йырлар ), songs-letters ( йырлар-хатлар ), ceremonial lamentations ( бозлав ) and songs-admonitions ( оьсиет ). It is revealed that all the genre groups and subgroups contain typologically similar and distinctive stylistic features that is the evidence of the forced character of the genre system in the musical folklore of this sub-ethnic group, while the occurring diffuse processes confirm the dialect nature of the considered folklore genres.