It all starts with the meeting of an Eccentric and a Genius. And all this unfolds against the backdrop of the difficult events of the twentieth century, which was so rich in cataclysms. The great Baku resident Lev Landau, of course, is immediately recognizable in the image of the Genius created here. This story, which began within the walls of the University of Baku, ends in distant Zurich. The refrain in this story is Korolenko’s famous phrase that a person is born for happiness, like a bird is born for flight. But can all birds fly?