«The beauty of lost femininity» (understanding of Russian woman's destiny in «My sister's story» by M. Osorgin)

The article takes a look at Osorgin’s ”My sister's story” from the point of view of development in the main concept for the whole oeuvre of the writer. That is a concept of interaction between natural and social origin in the world and human life. The article states that the author's aspiration to generalizations allows through an effort to understand his sister’s life to see his wish to uncover another secret-historical destiny of Russia.