The author publishes and comments on fragments of an interview with Kira A. Rogova, Professor at St. Petersburg state University, founder of the St. Petersburg research group on text analysis. This interview was given at a solemn meeting of teachers of the faculty of Philology, dedicated to the anniversary of this famous Professor. Fragments of the interview and comments of the author of the article allow to get an idea about the contribution of this remarkable researcher to the development of such areas of Russian linguistics as text theory, stylistics, syntax, as well as methods of teaching a native foreign language, testology.