The works of Alexander Galich, a poet, playwright and screenwriter, are loved and dear to several generations of readers and viewers, and his songs rightfully made him one of the best masters of art song, along with Vladimir Vysotsky and Bulat Okudzhava. What was the world like in which Alexander Galich lived? How were the details, anecdotes, superstitions, habits and customs of Soviet people transformed on paper, becoming the artistic world of the author, reflected in the scripts, plays and songs he wrote? All this is described in the book, which is being published on the 100th anniversary of the master.