In the late 1930's novelist, poet and playwright Hizgil Avshalumov published a large story (Juhuri:"Басгуни джовонхо") - "The Victory of the Young", 1940, it appeared with essays and feuilletons. Avshalumov dedicated a number of his works to the modern hero of the Mountain Jewish’s village (Juhuri:"Маслахат на хингар") - "Council and Khinkal", (Juhuri:"Аджал занхо") - "Death to wives", (Juhuri:"Шюваран дю хову") - "Bigamist”, essays about the Hero of Socialist Labour Gyulboor Davydov (1892-1983) and Solomon (Shelmun) Rabaev (1916-1963) and others. The story (Juhuri:"Занбирор") - "Sister-in-law" is about the life of the Mountain Jews social elite in Derbent on the eve and during the revolution and in the first years of Soviet Union power. In his novel (Juhuri:"Кук гудил") - "The son of the mummer", 1974, Avshalumov gave the detailed description of the Mountain Jew farmer and his centuries old traditional way of life. Later, Hizgil Avshalumov created a folklore image of the witty (Juhuri:"Шими Дербенди") - Shimi from Derbent (Mountain Jewish analogue of Hershel of Ostropol)