June 1921. The civil war is almost over. There are still explosions and fighting going on in some places, small multi-colored gangs are rushing around the outskirts, robbing villages and burning houses, but most of the country is already under the rule of the Bolsheviks. The NEP is already taking its first steps. In the meantime, the country is in ruins, the factories are standing still, and on the streets there is rampant crime and omnipresent street children... From the author: Please consider all coincidences encountered by the reader in the book to be random. Some biographies and actions of historical figures have been changed at the whim of the author. There are pianos, but I hope they don’t go beyond reasonable limits.