The works of M. Y. Lermontov describe the historical realities of the XIX century, which may be incomprehensible to a modern schoolboy. Who are the lancers and how do they differ from the dragoons? Where is the bivouac? What does buckshot look like? Thanks to this publication, the pages of Borodino will reveal the details of the fighting of the War of 1812. And the poem 'Mtsyri' will tell about the beauty of Georgia, which inspired the poet while he was doing military service there. After all, on the last pages of this book there are detailed explanations of unfamiliar words, comments and a lot of photos and pictures illustrating them. Now it will become much easier and more fun to understand the classics!For middle school age.The book was published in the series "Revealing classics", which also included "Fairy Tales" by A. S. Pushkin, "Mumu" by I. S. Turgenev, "Kashtanka" by A. P. Chekhov. In the books of this series, the full text of the classic work is presented, and there is also an unusual application with fascinating comments, explanations to the text and pictures illustrating them. Thanks to the application, the reader will be able to imagine the life of that era in great detail, understand the meaning of unfamiliar words and phenomena, understand how houses, tools, clothes, carriages and much more looked at that time. The publication will help to take a fresh look at the classic work.