Avdiy Kallistratov, Robert Bork and Arsen Samanchin: typological commonity and genetic relationships (from Ch. Aitmatov's novels “The block”, “The brand of Cassandra” and “When the mountains fall”)

The images of the heroes of Ch. Aitmatov's novels «The Scaffold», «The Brand of Cassandra», «When the Mountains Fall» are considered in the article from the point of view of comparative methodology. The author focuses on the aspect of the concept of personality, analyzing primarily the ideological essence of the images of Avdiy Kallistratov, Robert Bork and Arsen Samanchin. A comparative analysis of these images reveals a number of their typological and genetic commonality, which can be considered in the light of ideological and thematic, plot auto-borrowings, and echoes. In this aspect, studies of the genetic commonality of the images of characters in these novels by Ch. Aitmatov seem promising and productive from the point of view of the methods and techniques of psychological depiction, individual figurative and expressive means, and speech characteristics.