The monograph is devoted to the study of the semantic reception of the "Divine Comedy" by the artistic, artistic-critical and artistic-philosophical consciousness of Russian writers of the 19th - early 20th centuries. The author focuses on the branch of Dante motifs in Russian literature and the typological connections of Russian classics with the figurative system of "Comedy," its ethical and ideological universe. The author notes that the development of Dante's heritage by Russian artistic consciousness turned out to be beneficial not only for Russian, but also for world culture, and the Russian context expanded the idea of ​ ​ Dante's unique contribution to the self-knowledge of European people.