Regional literary history as an object and construct (Book Review: Sozina, E.K. (Ed.) (2021) IstoriyaLiteratury Urala. XIX Vek: V2 Kn. [A History of Ural Literature. 19th Century: In 2 Books]. Moscow: Izdatelskiy Dom YaSK)

The article analyses the research conception of the new academic A History of Ural Literature. Attention is focused on the original methodological approaches to the construction of the 19th century literary history of the region: attitude to the general Russian literary process, modelling of historical and geographical dynamics, account of the multinationality and types of literary systems (folklore, medieval literature, literature of the new European type).