The work of Bella Akhmadulina has become one of the most striking and significant phenomena in Russian literature. Interest in her poetry has not waned over the years, and it is already obvious that she is one of the largest Russian-language poets of the late 20th - early 21st centuries. To the first book The three-volume collection included poems, poems and prose, written mainly in the early period of creativity. Among them are such famous works as “Farewell”, better known by the first lines: “And finally I will say ...”, “Oh, my shy hero ...”, “It’s been a year along my street ...”, famous dedication to Boris Pasternak, Bulat Okudzhava, Pavel Antokolsky.