In 1941, the literary history of Major Pronin began with a small book. Six short stories revolutionized Soviet mass literature. For the first time, the people found a real modern hero. With “Stories of Major Pronin” the Red Army soldiers went to the front. With the continuation of the “proninian”, yesterday’s front-line soldiers restored and rebuilt the country. Intricate crimes, cunning conspiracies, and the grace with which the major solved them ensured Pronin’s popular love and place in the pantheon of great detectives of the 20th century. The first volume of this two-volume set includes the following works: “Stories of Major Pronin”, “Stories about Major Pronin” , “Bouquet of Scarlet Roses” and, perhaps, Ovalov’s best story, “The Blue Angel”. An elegant spy story has become the main literary event of the last peaceful months of 194! of the year. The clouds of the coming war are gathering over the country, but a different atmosphere reigns in the story: for the first time, the style and intonation of the novel invades Soviet entertainment literature. The entire Proninsky legacy of Lev Ovalov (1905-1997) - five books that reflected almost 25 years of the life of our country, but these books also bear the imprint of the reader’s love. Ivan Pronin became a people's favorite and remained in the memory of several generations. And people rarely make mistakes.