title: Valeri Alikov
text: # Valeri Alikov
  
  Valeri Alikov or Valery Alikov (Hill Mari: Вале́рий А́ликов) also known as Valeri Mikor (Валери Микор) (1 January 1960 – 11 September 2016) was a Hill Mari-speaking Mari poet, critic and translator.
  
  ## Life
  
  Alikov was born in Novaya Sloboda (Äвäсир) village of Gornomariysky District, and died in 2016 after a serious illness (lung cancer).
  
  In the years 1995-2007, Valery Alikov released the literary magazine "Tsikmӓ" which he named after the capital of his district, Tsikmӓ (Цикмӓ or Kozmodemyansk).
  
  