The report is devoted to the analysis of the creative heritage of the outstanding Turkologist, professor of St. Petersburg State University, Sergei Nikolaevich Ivanov (1922-1999), who, in addition to his scientific activity, for many years was engaged in literary translations from various Turkic languages. Thanks to his merits, such Uzbek poets as Yusuf Balasaguni, Alisher Navoi, Lutfi, Atai, Babur, Hafiz Khorezmi, poetesses Nadira, Dilshod and Uvaysi, as well as Turkish (Yunus Emre), Azerbaijani (Nasimi), Turkmen (Makhtumkuli) and Tatar authors (Gabdulla Tukai) have been translated and published into Russian.