Republication of the world's first book about Russian rock, published in the West in 1987 and in the USSR in 1991 and which has since become a classic. "Almost this entire book (with the exception of the last chapter and sentimental appendages) was written exactly twenty years ago. It was first published at the same time, in London. I always despised the pomp around anniversaries and believed (and still believe) that zeros begin to celebrate when there is nothing else to do... And with this re-release the round date turned up. accidentally - it just happened that way. Strictly speaking, this book is the essence of the testimony of an eyewitness who was there, and did some things with his own hand. This, and not attempts at analysis and comprehension, is the most valuable and interesting thing in the New Russian text. the publication "Back in the USSR" (I am glad that this title has returned, although initially the work was called in a completely third way: "Tell Tchaikovsky the News...") can be considered not only and not so much as a historical reference book, but as a document of a certain era, for the sincerity and genuineness of which I vouch. Well, that's it, let's go - back to the USSR...” Artemy Troitsky