The monograph is devoted to the substantiation and presentation of a possible theoretical model of one of the most complex and little-studied phenomena of spiritual life - bohemians and bohemian formations. The work presents the reader with a large-scale and detailed picture of bohemian life: the history of real bohemians in different historical epochs and few studies on this subject; role design of classical and modern bohemians; peculiarities of their being in modern society. The authors pay special attention to the human factor of bohemogenesis, large-scale processes of personality transformation in bohemian communities, as well as the reasons for the sharp decline in the influence of bohemians on the spiritual life of Russian provinces. The book is intended for a wide range of readers and specialists in art history, aesthetics, history and theory of spiritual life, sociology of culture, sociology of art, culturology.