The three-volume anthology publishes the works of writers, publicists, cult figures: A.S. Pushkin, M.Yu. Lermontov, A.I. Odoevsky, A.A. Bestuzhev Marlinsky, V.I. So kolovsky, I.V. Bentkovsky, Y.V. Abramova, S.V. Farforovsky, N.I. Voronova, K.L. Khetagurova, G.N. Prozriteleva, G.A. Lopatina, N.Ya. Dinnik, V.A. Romanovsky, - at different times living in the North Caucasus, in Stavropol, subjected to exile in the Caucasus or persecution by the authorities, as well as studies by N.A. Kotlyarevsky, L.P. Semenova, I.P. Leiberova, N.V. Markelova and others about them and their work.