Nikolay Vladimirovich Timofeev-Resovsky was called a legend during his lifetime. A great scientist - zoologist, geneticist, biophysicist, ecologist - he was also a philosopher, a connoisseur of history and a connoisseur of the arts, a versatile personality, truly titanic. It is not for nothing that D. Granin called his famous documentary story about him “Bison,” comparing this amazing man with a powerful, majestic animal fading into oblivion. This memoir book is not written, but spoken. Its author was a brilliant storyteller. Memoirs of Timofeev-Resovsky, in genre and style close to the narratives of Gogol's Rudy Panka, many of the characters of N. Leskov and V. Shukshin, provide genuine aesthetic satisfaction with their lightness, depth and humor.