Oleg Zayonchkovsky, a descendant of an old Polish noble family, in the recent past a mechanic-tester of rocket engines, lives in a town near Moscow with an ancient history. “Sergeev and the Town” is a novel in short stories, united by the main character, who acts either as an outside observer , either a participant or a chronicler, telling about the life of several generations of inhabitants of a Russian town, which over the last hundred years has turned into an industrial center. The precise aphoristic language, gentle humor and entertaining narrative make one remember classical Russian prose.