The collection “Province” presents stories from the lives of people in villages and regional centers in Russia and Ukraine. These include pensioners with a living memory of the Great Patriotic War and the restoration of what was destroyed, men and women of the middle generation, organizing their lives, family relationships and raising children, young people, captivated by bright advertising abroad, in a hurry to get everything from life at once, and others soberly assessing its difficulties. and joy. Getting from the provinces to big cities, they perceive the features of the new life differently, sometimes trying to adapt to the new way of life, no matter what the cost, sometimes returning to the way of life familiar from childhood in the outback.