This book is the third publication by representatives of the famous Golitsyn family, prepared by the editors of Vstrecha. This time it combines the texts of the memories of mother and son. Their lives - one at the end, the other at its peak - were literally “blown up” by the revolution and the Civil War, leaving forever the existence built over centuries in the past, dividing it into two eras. Despite the unity of unshakable family moral principles, the authors represent completely different lifestyles, views, and judgments.