I.F. Annensky (1855-1909) is one of the indisputable classics of the Silver Age of Russian literature. His lyrics anticipated many innovative searches in the development of Russian poetry of the 20th century. and had a huge influence on the work of a number of poets. Nikolai Gumilyov, Osip Mandelstam, Anna Akhmatova, Boris Pasternak, Georgy Ivanov recognized Annensky as their teacher. The literary heritage of Innokenty Annensky is small: books of poems “Quiet Songs”, “Cypress Casket”, several poems not included in collections, two books of articles: “Books” reflections”, “The Second Book of Reflections”, 4 tragedies, translations, articles. But qualitatively the poet’s work belongs to the pinnacle of Russian literature.