This book contains many names of famous people: actors Vysotsky, Tabakov, Menshikov, director Lyubimov, writers Aksenov, Solzhenitsyn, Bitov, artists, politicians, musicians – the book by writer Zoe Boguslavskaya is a genuine encyclopedia of the cultural life of Moscow (and much broader) over the past 80 years. The centenarian Zoya Borisovna describes only what she herself witnessed and participated in. For the last quarter of a century, she has been keeping records, a chronicle of the most interesting events, and simultaneously reminiscing about her life. These records are unique. What she narrates cannot be read anywhere else, and no one else will tell about it.