Alexander Bashlachev is a great Russian poet. He would have turned 50 on May 27, 2010, but he passed away when he was 27, leaving just over 60 songs to the world. The book includes studies of the work of A. Bashlachev. The authors - a writer, a journalist, literary critics - analyze the poet’s work, determining his place in Russian literature. The publishing house and the team of authors express gratitude to E. N. Bashlacheva for her assistance in preparing the book and for access to the materials of the family archive.