Conduit and Shvambrania

A widely known autobiographical story by Lev Kassil about childhood, divided in half by gymnasium conduit and Shvambrania, a fictional country that my brother and I discovered to hide in its comforting spaces from the many grievances inflicted upon us by the old world of adults. The novel is included in the list of 100 books on the history, culture, and literature of the peoples of the Russian Federation, recommended for independent reading by schoolchildren. For the average school age.