About the book: 1981 / This publication is one of the most complete collections of the poetic heritage of the outstanding figure of Soviet literature N. S. Tikhonov (1896–1979), laureate of the Lenin and State Prizes, the author of bright poetry collections: “Horde”, “Braga”, “Shadow of a Friend”, poems “Themselves”, “Kirov with Us”, etc. The thematic range of Tikhonov’s poetry is unusually wide: the civil and Great Patriotic Wars, peaceful socialist construction, national liberation movement of the peoples of the foreign East, struggle for peace. The idea of ​​proletarian internationalism and friendship of peoples also unites the poet’s translations (mainly from the languages ​​of the peoples of the USSR). In this publication, along with works that have been repeatedly published, little-known poems from the early and late periods of Tikhonov’s work are presented.