The two essays proposed here come from the camp of the irreconcilable enemies of Pobedostsev. They are not written by sine ira et studio (without anger and addiction). Not at all. Both authors of essays are deeply convinced that Pobedonostsev, with all his activities, not only brought great harm to Russia, but also, as it were, embodied entirely all the terrible evil that Russia suffered and which it continues to suffer now. The authors of these essays set themselves the goal of stigmatizing Pobedonostsev, indicating at least some of the crimes he had committed in front of his homeland and illuminating his personality from the point of view of the perniciousness of all his activities. His thoughts and his feelings are hostile to the views that both authors profess. No reconciliation is possible between those and others. Recognition by evil and criminal all beliefs and all actions of Pobedonostsev constitute the very essence of the worldview that brought these essays to life. There is nothing to overestimate again, nothing to change your mind again. Pobedonostsev's crime seems here to be an axiom, a basic principle...