Literay Fact Literay Fact 2541-8297 2542-2421 IWL RAS https://doi.org/10.22455/2541-8297-2022-26-140-182 Research article Articles The Rise and Fall of High Literary Salons in the “Golden Age” Muravyova Оlga S. editor@litfact.ru 2022 literary genres everyday behavior “golden age ” salon culture memoirs Copyright © 2026, IWL RAS 2026 The article is devoted to a brief history of a high literary salon in the first half of the 19th century. The article traces the reasons explaining its bright heyday and rapid decline. The salon is considered as a dual phenomenon, belonging simultaneously to literature and everyday life. Therefore, the article focuses on both the literary processes associated with salon culture and the customs and behavioral norms of the world. The fate of the literary salon seems to be a private, but very revealing plot in the history of the development of Russian society. Akimova, T.I. 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