V. BRUSOV, THE CRITIC OF PASTERNAK
Author investigates the first reaction of literary critics on the book of B.Pasternak “My sister life”. The book was edited in May of 1922. At once several reviews appeared/ One of the belonged to V.Brusov. Brusov gave the canon to the future critics of Pasternak, underlined the main points in critical work with his poetry. At the same time he showed himself as a very shrewd critic who can understand the inner sense of poet's intension and uncover the main features of poetics. It is proved by the letter of Pasternak which was written to Brusov just before his leaving for Germany in August 1922. In this letter Pasternak writes about the specifics of his new book of verses and it's revolutionary character. The critical review of Brusov was the first in a series of articles of 1922 which performed the adequate and close to the poet interpretation of “My sister life”.