THE EVOLUTION OF SHORT STORIES AND NOVELS IN THE DAGESTANI LITERATURE
Exploring this theme in different historical periods, works of writers, the author offers some conclusions of their research. A significant role in the Genesis of national small epics played an ethnographic essays from the pen of scholars on the Caucasus, as well as representatives of the peoples of Dagestan, such as D.-M. Shikhaliyev, A. Chirkeisky, H.-M. Amirov, Uzunov, M. E. Osman, A. Omarov, X. Zmiev, A. Akayev, M. Jandiev, A. Kaew and others. It is necessary to emphasize the contribution of education region A. Omarova, A. Cercavschi, M. Handjieva and other assistants of the researcher on the Caucasus P. K. Uslar.