Two centuries of the Russian classics Two centuries of the Russian classics 2686-7494 IWL RAS https://doi.org/10.22455/2686-7494-2025-7-3-180-193 Research Article Articles “Judgment” of the Literary Character as the Interactive Phenomenon of the Literary Work’s Socio-Cultural Existence: The Case of Leonid Andreev Koz’menko Mikhail V. red@rusklassika.ru Mariya Ye. Tukhto red@rusklassika.ru 25 09 2025 7 3 180 193 Leonid Andreev “trial” literary character literary polemic “panpsychism theatre ” Ekaterina Ivanovna Copyright © 2026, IWL RAS 2026 The article deals with the literary and public reaction to Leonid Andreyev’s play Ekaterina Ivanovna. The “trial” over a literary character took place in the literary world before this case, but no “case” was so widely covered in the press as the “trial” over Ekaterina Ivanovna, which took place in the studio of director F. F. Kommissarzhevsky with the participation of representative members of the literary and theatre corporation. Leonid Andreev, who closely followed the reaction of the press, wrote a speech on behalf of the defendant. The unpublished monologue of the protagonist has been partially preserved and is included by the interpreter in the preface to the Еnglish edition of the play (1924). The article presents its back translation into Russian. 1. Bulysheva, E. V. “Teatr panpsikhizma” Leonida Andreeva [“Theatre of Panpsychism” by Leonid Andreev: PhD Dissertation]. St. Petersburg, 2016. 252 p. (In Russ.) 2. Boeva, G. N. “Gendernyi aspekt polemiki v presse po povodu ʽBezdny’ Leonida Andreeva” [“Gender Aspect of the Polemics in the Press Regarding Leonid Andreev’s ʽAbyss’.”]. Zuseva-Oskan, V. B., editor. Femininnost’ i maskulinnost’ v kul’ture moderna: Rossiia i zarubezh’e [Femininity and Masculinity in the Culture of Modernism: Russia and Abroad]. Moscow, IWL RAS Publ., 2023, pp. 218–234. (In Russ.) 3. Koz’menko, M. V. “Vvedenie” [“Introduction”]. Leonid Nikolaevich Andreev: Bibliografiia [Leonid Nikolaevich Andreev: Bibliography], issue 2a: Annotirovannyi kata- 4. log Sobraniia retsenzii Slavianskoi biblioteki Khel’sinkskogo universiteta [Annotated Catalogue of the Collection of Reviews of the Slavic Library of the University of Helsinki], comp. by M. V. Kozmenko. Moscow, IWL RAS Publ., pp. 5–6, 8–11. (In Russ.) 5. Sobolev, A. L. Leteiskaia biblioteka: biograficheskie ocherki [Leteyskaya Libruary: Biographical Essays], vol. 1. Moscow, Truten’ Publ., 2013, 496 p. (In Russ.) 6. Mǿller Peter, Ulf. “Belles-lettres with a Touch of Filth”: On the Contemporary Reception of Leonid Andreev’s Stories, “The Abyss” and “In the Fog”. Gender in Russian History and Culture, ed. by Linda Edmondson. Birmingham, Houndmills, 2001. 223 p. (In English)