Russian symbolism is presented in the book as a bright and significant phenomenon of literature of the 20th century. The monograph explores the poetry, prose and partly the drama of the symbolists - D. Merezhkovsky, Z. Gippius, I. Konevsky, K. Balmont, F. Sologub, V. Bryusov, A. Blok, A. Bely, Vyach.Ivanov, I. Annensky and others - in a new interpretation of their work.