Юрий Кузнецов и Польша

This article analyses a translation of one of Adam Mickiewicz’s Sonnets from the Crimea made by Yuri Kouznetsov, a famous Russian poet. It is not incidental that some Polish toponyms coincide with personal names mentioned in Kouznetsov’s poetry. The author of the article examines the system of symbols that Kouznetsov resorts to in his texts concerning either Polish themes or stories. It is concluded that in one of his philosophical verses Kouznetsov proclaimed Polish and German culture to have messianic value.