Portrait gallery of cultural heroes of the turn of the century - a story about poets, artists, musicians, philanthropists, philosophers, actors, singers and other representatives of the era, who can be called unique phenomena of the “Silver Age”. Woven from memories, notes, critical reviews, diary notes, the book recreates the appearance and “living life” of bright and unusual people, separated from us by a century of misunderstanding and oblivion. At the same time, this is not an encyclopedic reference book or a collection of memoirs. “Cultural Heroes” presents readers with characters from a captivating novel filled with true drama that remains genuine and captivating after decades.