Pushkin's conversations

reprint from the publication. Moscow, 1929. The components not only revealed the reader of the new facets of the personality of the great poet, but also created an unsurpassed example in the new genre of literary criticism and memoirist - they retained the live speech of the poet recorded by his contemporaries. Sergey Yakovlevich Gessen (Shmulevich) (1903 - 1937) - Soviet historian, literary critic, Pushkinist, employee of the Russian Public Library, Researcher at the Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkin House). He was a commentator on the publications of the works of A. S. Pushkin, secretary of the editorial office of his full academic publication of works, secretary of the editorial office of the “Temporary of the Pushkin Commission”. The author of about 80 books, articles and notes on the history of the Decembrists, about their connections with Pushkin, about his life and work. He died as a result of an accident. Lev Borisovich Modzalevsky (1902 - 1948) - Soviet literature historian, Pushkinist, archivist.