Con icts of the post-reform era in the novel "Virgin Soil" by I.S. Turgenev
The article attempts to understand the socio-political context of thenovel «Virgin Soil» written by I.S. Turgenev, dedicated to the populist movement of the mid-70s of the XIX century. In this novel, Turgenev raised the question of the legitimacy of the populist ideology and its implementation in practice, and also o ered his alternative to the program of revolutionary populists - «gradualism from below» and enlightenment.