A human as the life supreme value in «The Kolyma tales» by Varlam Shalamov

Research of «The Kolyma Tales» by V. Shalamov in the anthropological aspect is undertaken in the article. Some of similarity and distinction of the points of view at human by the writer and Russian religious philosophy are analysed. Features of principles of narrative caused by the conception of a human of V. Shalamov are revealed.