The monograph is devoted to the interpretation of all Pushkin's poems relating to the mature period of his work. This attempt relies on the author's proposed concept of an independent reader. The deep conjugation of Pushkin's artistic tasks with the moral, philosophical and aesthetic movements of European thought is shown. The key figures of the French, English, German Enlightenment are involved in the sphere of this peculiar dialogue; among them, I. Kant belongs to a special place.