The collection of articles is dedicated to the anniversary of the outstanding Russian scientist-Germanist Nina Sergeevna Pavlova. Collective work covers the current problems of German studies, Russian studies and foreign literary criticism in the context of the problems of historical poetics and comparative studies. In addition to scientific articles, the book includes translations of literary essays, works of German and German-speaking writers. The collection is completed by M.V. Zorka about the years spent with N.S. Pavlova.