Blok wrote in 1906: “If not Lermontov, then Pushkin - and vice versa... “pre-installed” images, the mystery of Russian life and literature”... More than a century of brilliant Russian Lermontov studies has passed since then, but many secrets have remained secrets , and riddles are riddles. In his essay “Lermontov and Pushkin” the author addresses these mysteries. Two great poets. Two bright destinies that ended suddenly, at the height of their talent. The secret connection of two duels with a deadly end with a difference of only four and a half years. Published in the author's edition