A. S. PUSHKIN IN THE CREATIVE WORK OF THE ALTAI ARTISTS THE KHAYRULINS
Many Altai artists have been turning to the reconstruction of the image of Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin, the greatest literary genius of Russia, to the reflection of his life episodes, as well as to the illustrations of his works. The painter Ilbek Khairulinov and the graphic artist Robert Khairulinov have created a series of works that together allow characterizing them as Pushkinian - the special world of artistic images. The article is devoted to the study of this world. New, previously unpublished data of the artists’ creative biographies are introduced into scientific circulation.