This volume of the collection "XVIII Century" is devoted to the literary and historical activities of A. N. Radishchev. Among the topics considered: Radishchev and the problem of eloquence in the theory of the 18th century, Radishchev's prose, Radishchev's poetic tradition, Leo Tolstoy and Radishchev, unknown genealogy documents of the Radishchevs, etc.