David Kugultinov, Kalmyk poet:
It seems that Tukay’s poetry coopted the time with all its concerns and all its problems. Time is a life of people, their customs, traditions, and relationships. And particularly Tukay’s poetry is entirely run by such a national principle (the form, content, and style of his works).
… Tukay died at the age of twenty-seven. And it is difficult to believe that he managed to cover such a wide range of questions, and to touch upon such global issues…
Tukay’s genius is not in his ability to bring up the question in good time, but his genius in his ability to answer to it in good time.