Viktor Shklovsky (1893–1984) is one of the most controversial figures in Russian literature. World-famous literary critic, founder of the Society for the Study of Poetic Language (OPOYAZ), author of one of the best books about the revolution and the Civil War “Sentimental Journey” and the famous book “ZOO, or Letters not about Love” - and at the same time a participant in the First World War, who received St. George's Cross for bravery; a Social Revolutionary who fled from the security officers across the ice of the Gulf of Finland, a White emigrant who became a successful Soviet literary figure. Many of Shklovsky’s phrases became catchphrases, many of the terms and definitions he invented became part of literary studies and criticism (for example, “according to the Hamburg account”), and the events of his life resemble an adventure novel. sign of information products 16+