On the occasion of Leonid Erikhonov's criticism

In his article "Hristo Botev in Russian Criticism and in Russian Translations" ("Literary Thought", No. 1, 1960) L. Erikhonov, while making a cursory review of my works, 126 also dedicated to Hristo Botev, draws the reader's attention to only one circumstance. Namely - L. Vorobyov, who in his works from 1950-1953 so fiercely fought against the desire to present Botev as a Proudhonist and Bakuninist, in 1957-59, without any apparent reasons, changed his position and now presents the great revolutionary-democrat as a follower of anarchism. From this follows the conclusion about the sad evolution in the researcher's views, i.e. about the unprincipled change of his positions. If Leonid Erikhonov had proceeded from objective data or if he had not shown oversight, this note would not have been needed. But, unfortunately, Erikhonov distorts the facts.