[in Russian with English abstract: ] The article is dedicated to Victor Dmitrievich Pisarzhevsky, the author of the first published list of lichens of Russia, compiled by him based on publications issued before 1897. The article acquaints a reader with this little-known work, which nevertheless played a certain role in the development of lichenology in our country at its initial stage. The fate of its author— undoubtedly a gifted researcher, was nevertheless sad. Keywords: Moscow University, history of science, flora of Russia.