Abstract: The object of the study is one of the most common genres in the poet’s work - interviews. The subject of the study is the study of the texts of the poet’s interviews, the main themes and motives of his conversations with journalists and correspondents. The article examines such aspects of the topic as issues and tasks of the development of literature (Dagestan, Soviet, world), as well as the socio-economic and political realities of people's lives. Particular attention is paid to identifying the poet’s attitude, his views, opinions on the ongoing literary and socio-political events in Dagestan and Russia. Through philological and descriptive methods of analysis, genre varieties of interviews in the work of R. Gamzatov, their forms and types were identified: oral (by telephone, radio and television interviews) and written, given to printed publications (conversations, interview messages, questionnaires, press conferences, round table). The main layer of materials consists of traditional interviews in the form of conversations with journalists and correspondents. Based on the study, we concluded that this genre has a wide range in the work of R. Gamzatov, has different types and forms, represents valuable material for researchers in terms of a comprehensive study of his work, identifying views and opinions on current problems of the time, social, literary events, and also has information about the life and work of the poet, his relationships with colleagues, friends, and relatives.
The scientific novelty lies in the fact that the genre of interviews in the work of R. Gamzatov has practically not been studied; we are introducing it into scientific circulation for the first time; researchers have ignored this side of his work due to its unsystematization.