“We must pull the burden of life,” Nina Vasilievna Medvedskaya, the author of these memoirs, gave an instruction in a letter to her relatives. The daughter of an “enemy of the people” recalls how she was not given a gold medal at school, how she dreamed of studying in St. Petersburg, went hungry, wandered around the country, but, having overcome everything, became a teacher and historian. And also the happy wife of the seaside artist Vladimir Mikhailovich Medvedsky. In addition to the wife’s memoirs, the book contains biographical facts, letters, and articles related to the life and work of her husband. The fate of this beautiful couple reflected the living history of time and country with all the details of Soviet realities. For attentive readers, this story can become a reason for reflection about true human and family values.