The article is devoted to the study of the early poetry by Khasyr Syan-Belgin. In his early poetry he criticizes the social conditions surrounding people in the pre-Soviet era, putting social issues in the forefront. In the poem «Өnchn bөk» ("Fighter orphan") artistic conception of personality reveals the strength of national character in the history of the Kalmyk people. Created by the poet the conception of personality includes the basic traits of a true national hero, a loner hero with a new outlook, acting against the social system. Carefully designed and recreated the era of artistic painting and its ideological content confirms the importance of issues raised by the author in consonance with the time of his creative development.