The article devotes to the problem of the symbolic interpretation of the Russian classics’ works, first of all, the reception of Blok of the personality of russian playwright A. Griboyedov and his comedy “Woe from wit”. Having traced the main stages of the attitude of the Russian poet-symbolist to A. S. Griboyedov, the researcher marked, that the attention to the history of life, the tragic decease of the playwright, his works was typical during the creative development of A. Blok.