The volume presents the research of M.P. Alekseev on Russian-Spanish and Russian-French literary and cultural ties. Included in the book "Essays on the History of Spanish-Russian Literary Relations of the 16th-19th Centuries." received wide recognition (in 1975 their Spanish edition was published), the most famous work in the section of Russian-French relations is "Victor Hugo and his Russian acquaintances. Meetings. Letters. Memories."