The poet Innokenty Annensky spoke about the pedagogical, educational significance of the works of this poet, the religious thinker John (Shakhovskoy) found a prophetic spirit in his poems and poems, and Russian readers for many generations, having heard his poems in childhood, return to them again and again Alexey Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817–1875) was endowed with an amazing creative gift - he left wonderful literary works in almost all literary genres. But his contemporaries appreciated above all his poetic genius, variously embodied in poems and poems, in ballads and satire. The book includes most of what A.K. wrote. Tolstoy's poems and poems, satirical and humorous works, including the works of Kozma Prutkov, to the creation of which the poet has a direct connection.