Abstract. The article deals with the V.G. Belinsky’s reception the
works of N.A. Nekrasov of the 1830–1840 th. It is analysed the transformation
of the critic’s opinion on the creative activity of the poet – from the first mentioning his name among the other poets in 1839, low appraisal of his poetical book «Dreams and sounds» (1840) and approval of his prose to appreciation of
Nekrasov’s true poetical talent.