The article is dedicated to the imagological studies of the important Russian polonist Viktor Aleksandrovich Khorev (1932-2012), the first in Russia to start imagological research on Poland and Russia. To these problems he dedicated the last decade of his life. His methods in reconstructing of the important fragments of the dialogue between Poland and the Russian culture in the interwar period are analysed. This was one of the most difficult periods in the relations of Russia and Poland. The author is interested in the ways how V. A. Khorev manages to reconstruct the mulilayered, polyphonic, and split-level field of reapproaching and repulsion, intersections, gaps, catching up, and reevaluation. She is also interested in the methods of the inspecting of the role that literature had in shaping the ideas of Russia among the Poles on the one hand, and in the study of the network of intercontact connections and factors, on the other. While significantly conditioned by the ideology, the dynamics of the imagological images at the same time is an important element of the relations between the states and between the nations. This is reflected in the relations between Russia and Poland. It is specifically underlined that Khorev was first in Russia not only in comprehending and putting into practice imagological principles, but also that the correct imagological studies help in overcoming the negative stereotypes and in creating a deeper mutual understanding between the nations.

The study is devoted to the changes that have undergone since 1989, such an important area of the literary process as the market of literary and critical periodicals, experienced the «pros» and «cons» of the new system and changes in the position of the Word in the life of Polish society. The political change that contributed to the decentralization and diversity of literary life, led first to the flourishing, and then to the crisis of the market of literary-artistic and literary-critical publications, which is due to reasons not only economic (lack of finance), but also social and cultural (literature has lost its former significant place in public communication, decreased interest in the differentiation of society).