The concept of the "golden age of Russian poetry" is usually associated with the first decades of the 19th century, the period of its unprecedented heyday. This expression was used by P. A. Pletnev, calling V. A. Zhukovsky the first in the brilliant galaxy of poets, contemporaries and friends of A. S. Pushkin. Discoveries in the field of poetic language, overcoming outdated aesthetic requirements were associated with the need to expand the potential of lyrics that addressed the world of a private person — his experiences, his daily worries or civic aspirations. Poetry has gained the opportunity to reveal the previously inaccessible diversity of the world, it has become a high art. Perfection of form, precision of the chosen word, originality of thought and images are the criteria that developed in Russian poetry at the beginning of the 19th century and which determined its development for a long time to come. The collection includes poems by V. A. Zhukovsky, A. S. Pushkin, D. V. Davydov, K. N. Batyushkov, K. F. Ryleev, B. K. Kuchelbecker, A. I. Odoevsky, P. A. Vyazemsky, E. A. Baratynsky, A. A. Delvig, N. M. Yazykov, D. V. Venevitinov, M. Y. Lermontov, F. I. Tyutchev. Each of them went his own way in poetry, leaving us beautiful examples of poetic art.