The article describes the relationship between Fet and
Pogodin based on the materials of Fet's «Memoirs». The author analyzes the portrait of Pogodin as a teacher and mentor, assistant to students. In particular, we are talking about why Pogodin did not leave any memories of this Russian poet.
Keywords
Russian literature of the XIXth century; A.A. Fet; M.P. Pogodin; S.P. Shevyryov; N.V. Gogol; memoirs.