The book contains articles by the famous philosopher K.G. Isupov, developing a picture of the movement of Russian thought about the meaning of history in the artistic composition of Russian classics, reflections of thinkers of the Silver Age and their followers. The author in the thematic essay shows how Russian writers and thinkers, studying the possibilities of the historical architecture of life - the problem posed by Russian history itself - comprehend it as an aesthetic task in terms of content and nature of implementation.