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The book is a collection of articles and publications of A.V. Lavrov, a St. Petersburg philologist, and includes his diverse search in the field of Russian literature of the late XIX - the first third of the twentieth century. The author’s focus is historical and literary topics and aspects that have not previously attracted close attention of researchers. Along with the largest representatives of the era (Andrei Bely, Maximilian Voloshin, A. M. Remizov, Vyacheslav Ivanov, etc), the figures are little -known in sight (S. V. Panchenko, T. D. Tsemakh, S. Service), As well as professional philologists, closely related to the literary life of their time (S. M. Botkin, K. V. Mochulsky, V. M. Zhirmunsky) The final section contains brief memorial notes of the author