Institute of Language, Literature and History of the Komi Science Centre of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Syktyvkar, Russian Federation, [email protected] ABSTRACT Introduction: the article is devoted to the problem of the formation and functioning of the Komi writers’ organization in the period 1920–50s. A significant stage in its history is the holding of the I All-Union Congress of Soviet Writers (Moscow, 1934) and the participation of the Komi delegation in it. The article examines the forms and degree of influence of the results of the congress on the work of the Komi Writers’ Union, the development of national literature and journalism. Objective: determination of the main trends in the development of the Komi literary process as a result of the I All-Union Congress of Soviet Writers. Research materials: archive documents, articles in periodical press, verbatim report of the I All-Union Congress of Soviet Writers. Results and novelty of the research: the delegates to the I All-Union Congress of Soviet Writers with the casting vote from the Komi Writers Union were M. P. Doronin and V. T. Chistalev. The article is the first to study in detail the fact of their participation in this event. It has been established that the event influenced the further work of the Komi Writers Union and the process of development of literature. It is concluded that the results of the congress of the Communist Party of Bolsheviks, as well as establishing external literary connections, attracting writers’ attention to national folklore, and organizing work with novice authors. Key words: First All-Union Congress of Soviet Writers, Komi literature, delegation, V. T. Chistalev, M. P. Doronin, Union of Soviet Writers of the Autonomous Okrug of Komi, article, essay, repression Acknowledgments: the publication was prepared as part of the implementation of the state task of the Federal Research Center Komi Scientific Center of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, state registration number of the project FUUU-2022-0090 “Komi literature: features of artistic reconstruction of the picture of the world.” For citation: Eltsova E. V. The I All-Union Congress of Soviet writers in the history of Komi literature // Vestnik ugrovedenia = Bulletin of Ugric Studies. 2024; 14 (1/56): 164–173.