Lenka Panteleev

L. Panteleev is a pseudonym of the writer Alexei Ivanovich Yeremeev, a former homeless child and adventurer, a student of the Petrograd School of Social and Individual Education named after Dostoevsky, who, at 17, co-wrote the famous 'Republic of ShKid' with his peer Grigory Belykh. The collection opens with the story 'Lenka Panteleev,' depicting against the backdrop of grand revolutionary events the life of an ordinary boy from St. Petersburg, who faces many harsh trials and life-threatening adventures. Earlier childhood experiences of the same hero are narrated in works from the cycle 'The House by the Egyptian Bridge,' reflecting true episodes from Alexei Yeremeev's biography. The book also includes the young writer’s first stories about homeless children and their challenging search for their own path, written on materials close to him. The author masterfully reveals the inner world of the characters, their emotional experiences, and moral improvement under the influence of historical changes, showing how their views change, how old perceptions of life are discarded, and new ones are acquired.