Un héroe de nuestro tiempo

Lérmontov, similar to other great Russian authors such as Pushkin (El prisionero del Caúcaso) and Tolstoy (Hadyi Murat, Los Cosacos), pays literary homage to the unconquerable people of the mountains who never submitted to Russian domination, who took part in revolt after revolt, and who came to share with their most bitter enemies a certain respect, compatible with hate.