About the book: 1982 / The poetry of Vasily Ivanovich Krasov (1810–1854) enjoyed wide popularity among his contemporaries. Being among the leading people of his time, in the center of literary life of the thirties and forties of the last century, Krasov stood out as a poet whose work expressed the spiritual anxieties of “young Russia.” V. G. Belinsky highly appreciated his talent and valued his friendship with him. N. G. Chernyshevsky called Krasov “almost the best of our minor poets in the era of Koltsov and Lermontov.” The book includes poems, articles and letters from V. I. Krasov.