This is the third book in the biographical cycle about Pushkin. It consists of separate short stories that reveal previously unknown aspects of the biography of the great Russian poet, including those that were considered long ago resolved, as well as those that have been deprived of the attention of researchers. The author fascinatingly and masterfully solves historical and philological puzzles and restores the secret intricacies of the events of the brilliant Pushkin era. The author of the book L. M. Arinshtein is a cultural historian, writer, literary critic, author of more than 200 books and articles (including the legendary “Uncombed Biography” of Pushkin) , compiler and editor of the complete works of Pushkin in English, published in 1999–2004 in the UK. For anyone interested in Russian culture.