The book is dedicated to the 250th anniversary of the birth of V.A. Mozart, is the first complete edition in Russia of all the composer's letters in Russian and is based on an authoritative seven-volume collection of the original letters of Mozart, published by the international Mozarteum Foundation (Salzburg). The letters are arranged in chronological order, provided with comments, an introductory article, a preface, introductory remarks to the letters of each year and an afterword. CONTENTS: A.S. Boyarkina. Introductory article. Sources, translations into Russian 7I.S. Alekseeva. Other people's letters? 111769 - 1776. Letters 145 - 323 231777 - 1780. Letters 328 - 531 431780 - 1782. Letters 535 - 716 1971783 - 1787. Letters 719 - 1074 3591788 - 1791. 1076 - 1196 431A. G. Astvatsaturov. Afterword. Games of a genius 497Index of names 513Index of Mozart's works mentioned in letters and comments 528Translation from German, Italian 534