Summary: Chingiz Aytmatov's work occupies an important place in Kyrgyz and world literature. The writer started his artistic career in 1958 with the story “Jamila”. He wrote several stories one after the other in the 60s of the 20th century. Literary heroes in the writer's stories: Jamila, Daniyar, Duyshen, Altynay Suleymanova, Tolganay, Aliman, Asel, Ilyas, Tanabay, Choro and others are complex and contradictory characters. They stand out significantly from the literary heroes of other writers. It is worth emphasizing a fact that his literary heroes play an important role in determining the idea-artistic characteristics of his works along with the writer. In the story "White Ship" published in 1970-1980, the fate of the literary heroes of the novels "The DayLasts More Than a Hundred Years," and "Doomsday" are dominated by tragic motives and events.
Keywords: Ch. Aitmatov, Hero, Tragedy, Story, Novel