Commentary on the novel by A. N. Radishchev "Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow" is a consistent, line-by-line explanation of the text of the novel. The book covers a huge range of issues and problems of a very different nature: philosophical, political, historical, historical and literary, economic, ethnographic, aesthetic, etc. The introduction gives a short biography of A. N. Radishchev. A special chapter examines the creative history of "Travel from St. Petersburg to Moscow." The commentary will greatly help the literature teacher in his work on one of the most complex works of Russian literature of the 18th century.