“...when would it not be for Tauris, that Troy is one for you, Achaean men?”

The material is the text of a speech by writer and literary critic E.G. Nikiforov, opening the presentation of the book, member of the editorial board of the journal “Issues of Culturology”, Doctor of Philological Sciences, Candidate of Cultural Studies, Professor of the State Institute of Treasures A.P. Lyusogo “Literary cinematic eye: A textbook on recognizing the cinematic potential of space and text” (M.: GITR, 2019). The presentation took place in Simferopol. Nikiforov was the host of this meeting. Since then, the text of the speech has not been published. Meanwhile, it represents an interesting experience of interaction between two creative personalities. Therefore, we decided to honor the memory of Evgeniy Nikiforov by publishing it.