“The Pushkin Volume” was written throughout Andrei Bitov’s entire career and consists of three parts. The first is “Subtraction of the hare. 1825" - represents the same story (anecdote) from the life of Alexander Sergeevich, presented in seven genres available to the author. The second is “Following Mania” - imaginary dialogues of the poet with his contemporaries. The third - “Prayer for the Cup” - a triptych about the last year of the poet’s life. The appendix is the “Lexicon”, consisting of essay variations along the entire outline of Pushkin’s path.