LOFTY GIFT OF WELLWISHING
The author recalls Eduard Abeltin who for decades worked at the Department of Literature of the Abakan State Pedagogical Institute, after the reorganization - the same department of the Khakas State University named after N. F. Katanov. The author gives information from the biography of the linguistics researcher, who died on July 9, 2014, tells about his life's journey, scientific research and achievements, personal qualities.