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Ismail Gasprinsky (1851-1914) was a Crimean Tatar educator and writer. He wrote more than 20 works of fiction. His most famous novel is "French Letters", as well as the first in Crimean Tatar literature - the utopia "The Mysterious Country" and the dystopia "The Country of the Amazons". In the travel essays of French Letters, the writer, through the protagonist Molla Abbas, presents a comparative view of the living conditions of the spiritually close East and the civilised West in order to convey to readers the idea of what innovations are urgently needed in the homeland. Thus, first of all, attention should be paid to the education system and scientific research, industrial and financial development, social protection, etc. Instead, he contrasts the rationalistic West with the high morality of Islam and fair relations between Muslims.