Ilf and Petrov are co-writers, Ilya Ilf (real name: Yehiel-Leib ben Aryeh Fainzilberg; 1897–1937) and Evgeny Petrov (real name: Evgeny Petrovich Kataev; 1902–1942). Natives of the city of Odessa. The fate of their literary community is unusual. She touches and excites. They did not work together for long, only ten years, but they left a deep, indelible mark on the history of Soviet literature. All of their short-lived joint literary activities are closely and inextricably linked with the first decades of the existence of Soviet power. They were not just contemporaries of their great era, but also active participants in socialist construction, fighters at the forefront. Laughter was their literary weapon, and they did not lay down this weapon until the end of their days... However, the works of Ilf and Petrov live to this day. Their literary colors have not faded with time. Readers of the new generation laugh as cheerfully and contagiously as their first readers laughed. But, having laughed, they think seriously about the content of the authors’ funny and evil satire, and this is the main thing... Contents: Ostap Bender (duology)