Anton Dolin is a film critic, editor-in-chief of the magazine “Art of Cinema”, radio host, film reviewer on the TV show “Evening Urgant”, author of the books “Lara von Trier. Tests", "Jim Jarmusch. Poems and music”, “Shades of Russian. Essays on Russian cinema.”Modern cinema seems to be enchanted by the Soviet world. Anton Dolin's new book contains reflections on films made in the 21st century, but in one way or another speaking about a bygone era. The author does not answer questions, but asks his own: why are directors still concerned with the themes of war, thaw, stagnation, dissidence, Stalinist repressions, space conquests, sports victories of the USSR and secret crimes of the authorities against the people? What are these “Soviet mirages”, the charm of imperial aesthetics? A desire to understand history or an attempt to break ties with the recent past?