“A Link of Times” is a chronicle about relatives, about the ancestral village of Kholstovka. The book is about events that happened almost a century ago, but resonate in hearts to this day. The family archive, despite all the world wars and other dramatic events of the 19th–20th centuries, partially preserved photographs, documents, and letters. The author deeply explores the history of his native land - the village of Kholstovka. Tells about the ancient people “Erzya”, who inhabited Volga Bulgaria (now the territory of the Ulyanovsk region). The chronicle of the life of T. F. Manturova’s parents is part of the history of our Motherland.