The reviewer considers the main areas of scholarly research represented in the collection of articles titled East–West... [Vostok – Zapad...] dedicated to the Volgograd-based researcher A. Goldenberg and compiled from the materials of the 2018 conference of the same name. The papers include general theoretical research into the problem of artistic space and studying Gogol’s works in this aspect, and articles on the ‘TsaritsynVolgograd’ text in literature and on the relevant aspects of the literary tradition. A significant part of the papers contains analyses of western and eastern influences on works of Russian literature. The reviewer holds an overall complimentary view of the materials in the collection, acknowledging their thematic and methodological diversity and stressing the importance and rich potential of studying literature and folklore within the framework proposed by the authors and editors of this collection.