ARTISTIC COMPREHENSION OF GOD IN THE WORKS OF N. S. LESKOV

The article studies N. S. Leskov's religious and -philosophical views, the originality of the writer’s artistic attitude. The analysis of the particular nature of Leskov's works through such writings as The Sealed Angel, At the Edge of the World, Christ Visits a Muzhik, Mysterious presages, Handsome men and others, gives a chance to show how the problem of comprehension of God, that deeply touched the author, is esthetically embodied; the writer manages to stamp in the word a mystical experience of Christian faith, its spiritual nature.