Apology of a Madman

Peter Yakovlevich Chaaadayev - a brilliantly educated philosopher, one of the best minds of his era, the hero of the Patriotic War of 1812, the senior friend of Pushkin and the addressee of his poetic messages was declared crazy after the publication of his first "philosophical letter" in the magazine "Telescope" (1836) There is still no disputes around the thoughts of Chayadaev about the fate and the purpose of Russia, the despotism of the Russian statehood, about the suppression of individual freedom. The publication included his selected writings, letters, as well as the memories of contemporaries, where the depth, the complexity and the versatility of his personality appears in all its exclusivity