This book is the first Soviet Collected Works of the Russian philosopher, aesthetics and criticism of the first half of the 19th century I. Kireevsky. Kireevsky left a noticeable mark in the formation of aesthetic ideas of realism, contributed to the understanding of many of the most important phenomena of Russian literature and art. Along with literary, critical and philosophical articles, the collection included letters from Kireevsky and fragments from unfinished works.