Genre originality of N.I. Tryapkin's poem "The nest of my fathers"

The article deals with the problem of genre originality of N. I. Tryapkin’s poem «The nest of my fathers». The analysis of the work is based on the author’s concept of genre as a system of genre-forming features. The conclusion is made that «The nest of my fathers» is a large realistic socio-philosophical poem that develops the traditions of the Russian national lyric epic. N. Tryapkin’ works, in general, belonging to specifically-realistic style for Russian poetry of the second half of the XX century, based on deep traditions of Russian literature and folklore, genre traditions of Russian poems.