A Diary of a Lifetime. The Story of One Fate, Which Contains Two Wars and Much Peace. 1916–1991.

Memory… — is what is always with us, and the only thing that cannot be taken away from a person. The best way to carefully preserve it in the smallest details — is to keep a diary. This is exactly what the author of these touching notes of a lifetime — T.I. Goncharova — did. For many years she recorded her thoughts, fears, joys, experiences, and events happening to her and the country in which she lived on paper pages. Thanks to such preserved memories, we have the opportunity to look back and witness events of days long gone._x000D_ Yes, the diary is not written by a professional writer, but it is sincere and frank because it was kept personally for herself and was not intended for others' eyes. It is extremely honest, and this is precisely what gives it special value.