Dmitry Sergeyevich Likhachev an outstanding scientist of the 20th century, philologist, art critic, publicist . His creative legacy is extremely extensive and varied, and his monographs, articles, and notes have dealt with various issues of cultural history. But first of all, the name D. C. Likhachev is associated with ancient Russian literature, the study of which he made a huge contribution, was its tireless propagandist. The book "Man in the literature of Ancient Russia" was first published in 1958 and has since been repeatedly reprinted. This work, translated into foreign languages, is rightly considered one of the fundamental studies devoted to ancient Russian writing. A man in the literature of Ancient Russia, about whom D. thinks C. Likhachev, is both the author and the hero . Proposing an innovative theory of cultural and historical styles in medieval literature, the scientist shows the specifics of artistic vision and methods of depicting a person in the context of philosophical, ethical and aesthetic thought of the era. The pdf A4 format retains the publishing layout, including the personal index, the index of works and the subject-thematic index.