in the last years of his life, the «Lyrical Ballads» were found to be so inferior to the later books of poems that critics considered them vile. In fact, they were not even included in the collected edition of the poet’s works, published in 1815. Contemporaries did not feel the true merit of the «Lyrical Ballads», seeing in them only a manifestation of the extreme principles of the new school, until 1831, when Turg. did not publish a significant article entitled: «Last Russian Poets» («Sovremennik», vol. 3). Here the critic made a decisive contribution to the new ideas in literature and authorship of the «Lyrical Ballads» and argued that this work «is one of the most wonderful works of Russian literature, the fruit of deep thought, which, depending partly on the conditions of time and place, partly on the nature of the author himself, expresses in an original form a new poetic direction, a new theory of poetic beauty and the vocation of a poet, which applied at least at the first time in the complete strength of its constituent elements and, in addition, with the most intense lyrical inspiration. » This article Turg. «Opened the eyes of society to the true meaning of Pushkin’s poetry» and put the latter in its proper place. Now it was already impossible to deny the merits of the «Lyrical Ballads» or the poetic power of Pushkin’s talent. Since then, this collection has been considered the best work of our poetry, and Pushkin — the first poet of Russia. In the «Lyrical Ballads», for the first time, themes of love were developed with such fullness and power as never before in Russian poetry. In the works «The Demon», «Gavriel», «Ruslan and Lyudmila», «The Prisoner of the Caucasus», «The Fountain of Bakhchisarai», etc., Pushkin touched on the most diverse aspects of this complex and multifaceted feeling. In the image of the poet’s love for his mistress, he managed to reflect the full depth of his mental and moral qualities. Particularly remarkable is the expression in these works of Pushkin’s profound respect for women. Idealizing the image of a woman, the poet draws her a real, earthly being. Even the lyrical poems of this period express a heartfelt feeling, sincerity and depth of thought. In them, the poet reveals to us the most intimate corners of his soul, his thoughts and feelings, experiences and aspirations. At first glance, the lyrics of the Poems of Alexander Pushkin are a small notebook, a small notebook containing 120 pages of small format. Moreover, some pages in it are torn out, or replaced by newer ones. But this is not so. In fact, this is one of the largest and most significant chapters in Russian literature. And if we talk about the history of the development of Russian literature, the role of the «Lyrical Ballads» in it is enormous. At the end of the 18th century, the Russian literary language hardly existed yet: there was no generally accepted grammatical or lexical norm, and the poets still adhered to the requirements and traditions of the old Russian literature. In their works, they constantly used outdated words and expressions, complicated constructions, and often their poems were written in an artificial, ornate style. The reform of the Russian literary language was carried out by a whole galaxy of outstanding writers — Lomonosov, Derzhavin, Karamzin, Krylov, Pushkin. But the works of A.S. Pushkin in this field were of paramount importance. In the Poems, he created a new, living Russian literary language, in which the traditions of Russian folk art
