The sixth book of the most complete collected works of Vasily Shukshin includes the novel “I came to give you freedom”, journalism dedicated to the novel and the long-awaited, but never released film about Stepan Razin, section “From working notes”. In the section “It’s not easy to talk about Shukshin...” included colleagues’ memories of the preparation, or rather even the ordeals of Vasily Makarovich associated with the production of the film.