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The satire, which reacts most acutely to social and political changes in the life of any nation and reflects reality most truthfully, remains an understudied area in Dagestani literary studies. The article is devoted to the actual problem of the development of poetic satire in the works of Nabi Khanmurzaev (1893-1950), who played an important role in the development of satire in the Kumyk literature of the early XX century. The object of the study is the poetic satire of N. Khanmurzaev, represented by the poems “Three water mills have seven vineyards” (1919), “Sheikh” (1929), “From the spoken word in haste, the benefit will be little’ (1934), “Hitler's Funeral” (1943), the poem “Cooperative and the mouse” (1934). The aim of the article is to demonstrate his role in the development of satire in Kumyk and Dagestan literature by analyzing the ideological and moral content, thematic and genre diversity of N. Khanmurzaev's satirical poetry. Conclusions . The study revealed the role of national folklore traditions, as well as Eastern, European, Russian, and other Dagestani literatures in the development of satire in the works of Kumyk author. It was found that vividly crafted negative images he created helped to expand the thematic range of his satire, which included lyrical, socio-ideological, military, philosophical themes, and also contributed to the emergence of satirical poem and satirical play in his work. Using laughter as the main method of depicting reality, N. Khanmurzaev, achieved through sharp, denunciatory comicism, achieved a bright and peculiar outline of negative characters, embodying in them the typical images of representatives of various strata of Dagestani society. His verse satire was a notable literary phenomenon in Dagestan literature of the first half of the XX century and had a significant influence on the further development of satire in the genre.