A writer, thinker, revolutionary, scientist, publicist, founder of the Russian бесцензурного book-printing, founder of political emigration in Russia Alexander Ivanovich Герцен (Искандер), almost sixteen years worked on the main work - autobiographic novel "Былое and thoughts". An author named this book confession "concerning that gathered. там-сям shut-down ideas from thoughts". But in actual fact, Герцен, showing artistic talent, depth of idea, thin psychological analysis, created the real encyclopaedia, reflecting the way of life, dispositions, public, literary and political life of Russia of middle of ХIХ century.Roman "Былое and thoughts" is a mirror of life of man and society, - confessed by the masterpiece of world memoir literature.A book was entered by select heads from a novel.