title: А.P. Chekhov and D.S. Merezhkovsky: controversy about the mission of the Russian intelligentsia
abstract: The author examines the dialogue of A.P. Chekhov and D.S. Merezhkovsky on the role of the intelligentsia in society. The study used comparative and cultural-historical methods. The analysis of the causes of the deep split among the educated part of society at the turn of the XIX-XX centuries is carried out and two fundamentally divergent vectors have been identified in solving the issue of the role of the intelligentsia in society. Based on a study of the dialogue between Chekhov and Merezhkovsk
journal: RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism