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The book of a researcher at the Pushkin House and a teacher of St. Petersburg University Alexei Balakin was compiled by articles and notes published in Russian and foreign scientific publications over the past two decades. The first section contains articles about Pushkin and his closest literary environment; In the second - mainly textological works, primarily related to the dating and attribution of works of classical Russian literature, as well as finding in the field of biographics.

In the appendix, the poem of A.F. Voeikov “Arts and Science” (1817-1823).