The book contains unique, previously unpublished materials that present the cultural environment of the beginning and middle of the 20th century. The letters and diaries contain a story about the events in the life of Marina Tsvetaeva, Boris Bessarabov, Anna Akhmatova, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Daniil Andreev, Boris Zaitsev, Konstantin Balmont, Lev Shestov, Pavel Florensky, Vladimir Favorsky, Alla Tarasova, Igor Ilyinsky and many, many other representatives of the Russian intelligentsia.