“... The production of “Demons” at the Art Theater again turns us to one of the most mysterious images not only of Dostoevsky, but of all world literature. <...> The tragedy of Stavrogin is the tragedy of a man and his creativity, the tragedy of a man who has become torn away from his organic roots, an aristocrat who has torn himself away from the democratic mother earth and who has dared to follow his own path. Stavrogin's tragedy poses the problem of a person who has separated from natural life, life in the clan and tribal traditions, and who desires a creative initiative. ..."