These biographical essays were published about a hundred years ago in the series “The Lives of Remarkable People”, carried out by F.F. Pavlenkov (1839–1900). Written in the genre of poetic chronicle and historical and cultural research, new for that time, these texts retain their value to this day. Written “for ordinary people,” for the Russian provinces, today they can be recommended not only to bibliophiles, but to the widest readership: both those who are not at all experienced in the history and psychology of great people, and those for whom these subjects are a profession .Childhood. – The Pisarev family. - Znamenskoye. - Upbringing. - Mother's influence. - Znamensky Sovereign Prince. – Pisarev’s attitude towards his mother and his own view of the upbringing he received. Gymnasium years. - Pisarev in St. Petersburg. – Votre fils tendre et respectueux. Enfant d'une bonne maison. – Pisarev’s view on gymnasium education. – Love “Our university science.” – Ordeals in the field of philology and history. - Circle. – Friendship with Treskin – Pure science. - The beginning of the crisis. – Family discord The beginning of literary activity. – “Dawn” by Krempin. – Pisarev found himself. - Scientific efforts. – The crisis is approaching. Failures of love. - In a psychiatric hospital. – Dementia melancholicaRecovery. - Delights of love. – Beginning of cooperation in “Russian Word”. – G.E. Blagosvetlov. – About Blagosvetlov’s influence on Pisarev. - “Street types.” - “Plato’s Idealism.” – University candidate. – Militant egoism “Scholasticism of the 19th century.” - Mental democracy. - Quick successes. – A new chapter of the novel. - Tragic episode in the fortress. – Letters to mother Pisarev’s worldview. – Emancipation of the individual. – Utilitarianism. - “Realists”. – The principle of saving forces. – Love, work, knowledge. – Discord with Sovremennik. – Pisarev’s attitude towards the people. – Pedagogical views of Pisarev. – Pisarev as a critic On the loose. – Breakup with Blagosvetlov. - New love. – From memories of Pisarev A.M. Skabichevsky. - Glory. – Go to “Domestic Notes”. – Death of Pisarev