The Tsalikov family was friends with Kosta Khetagurov and supported him for many years, and also carefully preserved his creative legacy. Shortly after the poet’s death, the head of the family, Archpriest Alexander, gave his letters and unpublished works to Gigo Dzasokhov, Khetagurov’s first biographer. In 1909, he published the book ‘Kosta Khetagurov: A Critical Biographical Profile’ and dedicated it to the Tsalikovs.
Elena Tsalikova, who is represented in the exhibit by her photograph, was the daughter of Archpriest Alexander and a friend of Kosta Khetagurov, with whom he corresponded. It was her that saved many of the poet’s letters. It was due to her correspondences with Khetagurov that researchers were able to obtain information about the periods of the poet’s life of when he resided in Saint Petersburg, Kherson, and Ochakov, the history of his references, the details about the publication of the collection ‘Iron Fyndyr’, the article ‘Troubles of the North Caucasus’, and other works.
In May of 1921, the sisters Elena and Yuliana Tsalikov donated Khetagurov’s manuscripts, letters, and paintings, which they kept at their place, to the Ossetian Historical and Philological Society. This collection included the painting “Klukhor Pass”, the icons “Konstantin and Elena” and “The Face of Christ”, the manuscript of the “Iron Fyndyr” collection, seventeen letters in envelopes, twenty-nine letters, one poem, and a 26-page manuscript about the Greek-Eastern and Old Believer churches. The Tsalikovs also gave the society four cards with Khetagurov’s autographed poems ‘Shackles Off, Open the coffins, ’ ‘Behold, Daryal’s Muse’, “My Cantankerous Muse”, and “The World is Rejoicing, Nature is Blooming.”
In 1936, Elena Tsalikova gifted the North Ossetian Research Institute a collection of Kosta Khetagurov’s poems, published in Stavropol in 1895. This was the only book that the author published in Russian during his lifetime. Before publication, the censors removed 196 lines, several poems in their entirety, and the long poem ‘Who is Living Cheerfully’. They were preserved only in several examples of this collection, which were supplemented by Khetagurov himself.
Tsalikova also gave the North Ossetian Research Institute the book ‘Kosta Khetagurov: A Critical Biographical Profile, edited by Gigo Dzasokhov, Rostov-on-Don. 1909’ signed ‘To Anna Alexandrovna, from Gigo’, and accompanied by many photos of Kosta Khetagurov and members of the Tsalikov family.
Elena Tsalikova, who is represented in the exhibit by her photograph, was the daughter of Archpriest Alexander and a friend of Kosta Khetagurov, with whom he corresponded. It was her that saved many of the poet’s letters. It was due to her correspondences with Khetagurov that researchers were able to obtain information about the periods of the poet’s life of when he resided in Saint Petersburg, Kherson, and Ochakov, the history of his references, the details about the publication of the collection ‘Iron Fyndyr’, the article ‘Troubles of the North Caucasus’, and other works.
In May of 1921, the sisters Elena and Yuliana Tsalikov donated Khetagurov’s manuscripts, letters, and paintings, which they kept at their place, to the Ossetian Historical and Philological Society. This collection included the painting “Klukhor Pass”, the icons “Konstantin and Elena” and “The Face of Christ”, the manuscript of the “Iron Fyndyr” collection, seventeen letters in envelopes, twenty-nine letters, one poem, and a 26-page manuscript about the Greek-Eastern and Old Believer churches. The Tsalikovs also gave the society four cards with Khetagurov’s autographed poems ‘Shackles Off, Open the coffins, ’ ‘Behold, Daryal’s Muse’, “My Cantankerous Muse”, and “The World is Rejoicing, Nature is Blooming.”
In 1936, Elena Tsalikova gifted the North Ossetian Research Institute a collection of Kosta Khetagurov’s poems, published in Stavropol in 1895. This was the only book that the author published in Russian during his lifetime. Before publication, the censors removed 196 lines, several poems in their entirety, and the long poem ‘Who is Living Cheerfully’. They were preserved only in several examples of this collection, which were supplemented by Khetagurov himself.
Tsalikova also gave the North Ossetian Research Institute the book ‘Kosta Khetagurov: A Critical Biographical Profile, edited by Gigo Dzasokhov, Rostov-on-Don. 1909’ signed ‘To Anna Alexandrovna, from Gigo’, and accompanied by many photos of Kosta Khetagurov and members of the Tsalikov family.
