THE HEROIC STARTS OF THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE IN THE STORY OF MAXIM GORKY “ICEBREAKER”

Abstract

The purpose is to examine the heroic beginnings of the Russian people in the story of Maxim Gorky’s “Icebreaker”. The main purpose of the study is to reveal the complexity of the image of the protagonist and the complexity of the problem itself, put forward in the story - the image of a Russian person. The methodological basis of the work was the position of research in the field of contemporary literary criticism. The main methods in the course of the work were: analysis, synthesis, comparison, analogy, deduction method, induction method, dialectical method, generalization, system approach, etc. The results of the research are theoretical propositions that can be used in modern philological science and educational practice of humanitarian faculties.