On the issue of the "young eds" of "The Muscovite" literary review
“Erudite-literary” magazine “The Muscovite” was founded by a professor of history, Mikhail Pogodin in 1841. The most fruitful period for the magazine began when Mikhail Pogodin handed editorial rights young writers Alexander Ostrovsky, Terty Filippov, Yevgeniy Edel’son. Later they were joined by Apollon Grigoryev, Nikolai Berg, Boris Almazov, Lev Mei and others. They were called - “young editors” of“The Muscovite”. Among the members of the editorial board were playwrights, poets, novelists, critics. Some had experience of editorial work, but “The Muscovite” all set out to create a new journal ideological-aesthetical directions. At the core of their passion for creative work lay folk art. They sought to deeply explore the life of the people in its modern manifestations. Problem of science of folk has become one of the most important in their work. It identified new ways in drama Alexander Ostrovsky criticism of Apollon Grigoryev, poetry Lev Mei. Creative Cooperation of “young version” proved to be successful in the sense that it reached out to dozens of progressive-minded young people who are imbued with the idea of people's dream and find their way in the literature. By “The Muscovite” pulled as well already well-known people. Meetings were regulars: actor Prov Sadovsky, the artist Pyotr Boklevskiy, sculptor and writer Nikolay Ramazanov. The undoubted leader in this community has been Alexander Ostrovsky. “Young revision” Alexander Ostrovsky grew into a circle, which some participants were later called literary school. However, researchers who apply to the study of the history and aesthetics of “young editorial staff” “The Muscovite” often forget it, relying only on a few names. Looking for other approaches to create a complete picture of this extraordinary literary phenomenon.