Moscow 2042

Vladimir Voinovich — one of the most interesting Russian writers of the second half of the 20th century, the creator of the charming and unremarkable Soviet soldier Ivan Chonkin. The trilogy «The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Soldier Ivan Chonkin» has long become a classic, it can be placed alongside the most outstanding works of domestic and world literature.

In his equally famous novel «Moscow 2042», Vladimir Voinovich depicted a future capital where finally «for the first time in history» communism was built, although only in this one city. The Moscow Communist Republic (MOSCOREP) is separated from the rest of the country by a high fence topped with barbed wire, and what happens on its streets and in the minds of its residents, the reader will learn from the main character, writer Vitaly Kartsev, who fell into this fairy-tale Moscow with the help of a time machine.

The novel was written in 1986 in exile, and, according to the author, many of its realities found their unexpected embodiment in modern society.