Yuri Vladimirovich Lebedev, Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation, literary critic, author of numerous scientific works and educational publications, Doctor of Philology, professor, teacher of the Kostroma Theological Seminary, prepared for publication a course of seminar lectures "Russian Literature," which covers the period of the XIX century. The author is close to the idea of ​ ​ N. A. Berdyaev that "all our literature of the 19th century is wounded by the Christian theme, it is all looking for salvation, it is all looking for deliverance from evil, suffering, the horror of life for the human person, people, humanity, the world."