“...These memoirs were conceived and created shortly after the death of I. S. Turgenev, which followed on September 3, 1883. This explains the form of the memories... The last time Annenkov saw Turgenev in Paris was in early May 1883. The writer’s death found him in Kyiv. Apparently, at this time, Annenkov had the idea to write a memoir-essay about Turgenev for forty years, during which he knew the writer so closely. Annenkov sorted out Turgenev’s correspondence at his disposal, which was supposed to form the factual basis of the memoirs...”