M.O. Menshikov as literary critic
The article concerns the Menshikov's formation (1859-1918) as literary critic, his polemic with the representatives of the new narodnichesky criticism A.I. Bogdanovich and V.A. Goltsev, his protection of the heritage of V.G. Belinsky, A.N. Dobrolyubov, N.G. Chernyshevsky in the polemic with A.L. Volynsky and D.S. Merezhkovsky.