About the book: 2013 / The book is dedicated to one of the brightest figures of Russian social thought of the first half of the 19th century, the poet, philosopher and educator Nikolai Stankevich. Friend of Y. M. Neverov, V. G. Belinsky, K. S. Aksakov, T. N. Granovsky, M. A. Bakunin, I. S. Turgenev, a man who stood at the origins of the work of the outstanding songwriter A. V. . Koltsova... In Stankevich’s literary and philosophical circle, a whole constellation of names was inspired, with whom the development of the most important Russian philosophical and aesthetic concepts is associated. His correspondence was highly appreciated by many prominent people, including L. N. Tolstoy. The author of the book, intended for the general reader, is closely connected with the small homeland of N. V. Stankevich. [Adapted for AlReader]