The book “The Life of Pushkin, Told by Himself and His Contemporaries” in two volumes, published by the Pravda publishing house in 1987, is a collection of documents and materials telling about Alexander Pushkin throughout his life and career. The main place is given to the letters of the poet himself, his diaries and memoirs, as well as works that are, to one degree or another, of an autobiographical nature. Includes official documents and fragments of memoirs of contemporaries. The first volume covers the years 1799–1826 (until the beginning of September), the second – the period from September 1826 to December 1835.