Ostapenko I. Lyric poetry by Boris Chichibabin basic motives and genres

In the thesis a poetic heritage by B.O.Chichibabin, the Russian poet of the second half of 20 th century, is submitted for consideration from the viewpoint of its integrity and versatility for the first time .His lyric poetry is analysed on different levels: problematico-thematic, image-bearing, motive, compositional, genre-stylistic in the light of common system approach . A special attention is paid to the philosophical trend of the author's poetry. This work deals with definition of its main themes: love as a way of the world congnition, a poet and the purpose of his poetre, history in the context of eternity. Philosophical grounds of the author's creative work, the influence of different religions and philosophical ideas (N.Berdyaev, G.Skovoroda, L.Tolstoy, G.Pomerants and others) on his world outlook are characterized here.