In his book “Tolstoy and Dostoevsky,” Merezhkovsky shows that these two writers are “opposite twins” of each other, and one cannot be understood without the other, one cannot be reached except through the other. The paganism of L. Tolstoy is the direct and only path to the Christianity of Dostoevsky, who was convinced that “Orthodoxy is everything for the people,” and that the fate of Russia depends on the fate of the church. Each of them expresses their beliefs in their works. CONTENTS: LIFE AND WORK INTRODUCTION (7). Part one. Life of L. Tolstoy and Dostoevsky (13). Part two. Works of L. Tolstoy and Dostoevsky (91). RELIGION Part one (193). Part two (327). APPLICATIONS E. A. Andrushchenko. Mystery vision of Merezhkovsky (481). Notes (compiled by E.A. Andrushchenko) (529). List of abbreviations (575). Index of names (compiled by E.A. Andrushchenko) (576).