Маски в Герое нашего времени М. Ю. Лермонтова
( Masks in M. Ju. Lermontov’s A Hero of our Time )

In M. Ju. Lermontov's novel A Hero of our Time almost every person is wearing a mask , trying to conceal his or her real intentions-or, on the contrary, taking advantage of the mask, doing or saying things otherwise condemned by the prevailing social conventions. This paper offers a brief analysis of the phenomenon and its function in the structure of the novel.