“Fifty years ago, Apollo Aleksandrovich Grigoriev, a wonderful Russian poet and thinker of the forties, died. A very small part of his works has been published: a volume of poetry and the first volume of “Works”; both are now bibliographic rarities (especially poetry). Not a single detailed book has been written about Grigoriev; not only a biographical outline, but also a scientific biography of Grigoriev does not exist. Almost nothing has been done for Grigoriev's bibliography, which could form a decent book. Where most of Grigoriev’s manuscripts are is unknown...”