Velichko Valchev

Ivan Vazov has left us a lot of information about his life and work. However, there are quite a few unclear questions and contradictory information in his biography. This article sets itself the task of clarifying some moments in the poet's life, some of which are interpreted incorrectly, and others have not been presented for consideration in our press at all. Here we will focus on the question of Vazov's first attempts at the time he spent in Romania during his first trip to participate in the Bulgarian Central Charity Society, correcting some information about Vazov himself along the way. And it is natural that in clarifying these questions, we should first of all proceed from the information that the poet himself has left us. However, this information must be compared and checked repeatedly. Because the uncritical attitude towards them has led to the current situation - to allow not only in popular works, but also in some serious studies about Vazov, gross factual errors and inconsistencies.

Soviet folklore studies have accumulated rich research material. The vast land of the victorious October has revealed interesting aspects of the spiritual culture of a number of nationalities and tribes, which have shed new light on folk poetic creativity. The numerous works published with folklore materials and monographic studies have greatly facilitated the theoretical studies of Soviet scientists, enriched their knowledge and ideas about the origin, character and essence of folklore. Recently, several works on the aesthetics of folklore have also appeared.