Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. The Tale of Troika. The story. The original author's version ("Smenov's edition").

The famous "Tale of Troika", which has long become a classic of humorous fiction. The story was written in March 1967, but published in the original author's edition only during Perestroika. Some reviewers call this story a “serious satirical novel” in terms of its artistic level and the depth of the phenomena touched upon. The author's version of the story was first published in the magazine "Smena" in 1987, No. 11-14. Accompanied by illustrations by I. Goncharuk. This version of "Troika" with illustrations by IGOR GONCHARUK in the form of a separate book or as part of collections on the Internet has not yet been found...

Once it happened that in the wonderful fairy-tale city of Kitezhgrad, which, according to legends, Godzilla was visiting, from the no less wonderful city of Solovets four employees of the famous Scientific Research Institute, famous throughout the country and its environs, arrived. These were Vitka Korneev, Edik Amperyan, Roman Oira-Oira and Sasha Privalov himself. They all arrived at different times and with different goals, but somehow it turned out that fate brought them together. And together they, four friends and co-workers, had to go head-to-head with a cruel and unforgiving monster named TPRUNYA...

Artist I. Goncharuk

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