In the story “Sketches in Stories,” the author talks about the residents of the village of Oktyabrsky, located on the western coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, through the eyes of a child and teenager in the second half of the 70s and the first half of the 80s of the last century. The village is located on a long, narrow strip of land, which is washed on both sides by the Sea of Okhotsk and the Bolshaya River. It consists of three streets running parallel to each other between the river and the sea. It is home to kind, sympathetic, cheerful, and sometimes harsh people. The author talks about such people with humor and lively speech.