In his novels and short stories, Alexander Brezhnev explores the inner world of the Russian person. The deep sincerity of the author's position, along with a unique style, allows you to take a fresh look at established everyday things. His prose is full of national pride and love for the common people. The extraordinary, optimistic heroes of the stories “Snow for Christmas”, “Challenge”, “Meeting on the Ambulance”, no matter how difficult and tragic the situation they are in, call to always preserve the ideals of love and kindness, friendship and mercy. All of them are fighting for the moral light that illuminates the path to self-purification, to overcoming vices and temptations, anger and cruelty, flattery and greed. In emotional experiences and conscientiousness for all living things, the author sees the path to the salvation of a person as an individual. Alexander Brezhnev is a laureate of the All-Union Prize. A. M. Gorky.