In his poems, Pushkin goes from a fairy tale and romantic imitations of Byron to creating his own — and, therefore, partly common — historical concept and mythology. In "The Bronze Horseman," the general picture of the flood and Eugene's private story also unfold simultaneously and in parallel, and the author's attention is constantly shifting. At the same time, the typical post-Baron romantic poem "The Bronze Horseman" is distinguished by the emphasized "insignificance" of the hero, the external prosaic nature of his biography, and finally, the "polyphony" of the structure. Not only does the hero and his misfortune get lost from time to time against the background of pictures of common misfortune, but the author's voice also disappears among "other people's words". "The main books of Russian literature" is a joint series of the Alpina publishing house. Prose" and the Internet project "Polka". The works that appear in it are selected by contemporary writers, critics, literary critics, and teachers. This is both an attempt to define what the Russian literary canon looks like today, and a new look at famous works: each book is accompanied by a preface by the authors of The Shelf. The author of the introductory article is Valery Shubinsky.