caption movement death_date death_place influenced birth_place influences birth_date image article_title name occupation
kosta khetagurov humanism 1 april 1906 ossetia alan cherchesov nar , ossetia mamsurov -lrb- mamsyraty -rrb- temirbolat 15 october 1859 kosta xetagurov.jpg kosta khetagurov
 kosta khetagurov artist , drawer , poet
kosta khetagurov

konstantin -lrb- kosta -rrb- khetagkati -lrb- ossetian : Хетæгкаты Леуаны фырт Къоста , georgian : კოსტა ხეთაგუროვი ; -- -rrb- was a national poet of the ossetian people who is generally regarded as the founder of ossetian literature .
he was also a talented painter and a notable public benefactor .
he is often known by the russian version of his name , kosta khetagurov -lrb- -rrb- khetagurov was born in the village of nar in what is now alagirsky district in the republic of north ossetia -- alania .
he studied at the stavropol gymnasium from 1871 to 1881 , and entered the saint petersburg academy of arts in 1881 , but had to abandon his studies due to financial constraint in 1885 .
back in his native ossetia , he became a prominent poet , whose poems composed in ossetic quickly spread throughout ossetian towns and villages in an oral form .
he also published a number of poems , stories and articles in the russian-language newspapers `` severny kavkaz '' -lrb- edited by himself , 1893 -- 1902 -rrb- , and `` kazbek '' .
his paintings also gained in notable popularity , one of them depicting saint nino , a 4th-century christian baptizer of the georgians , was particularly welcomed by the georgian society .
due to his criticism of the imperial russian government he was twice exiled from his motherland from 1891 to 1896 and again from 1899 to 1902 .
the last exile significantly shattered the poet 's health and deprived him of the ability to continue his creative and social activities .
khetagurov died shortly afterwards in karachay in 1906 .
