Behind the amazing femininity, beauty, and charm of Elina Bystritskaya lies a woman with an iron character and a strong will. But she was the one who was able to play Aksinya in the film “Quiet Flows the Flow of the Flow” and will forever capture the love of the audience. The actress was well acquainted with Mikhail Sholokhov and in this book she gives her answer to the question of who was the author of the famous novel. The actress tells the reader about the joyful and difficult moments of her creative path and multifaceted social activities, about famous artists - stage partners and cinema: Mikhail Zharov, Boris Babochkin, Sofya Giatsintova, Sergei Bondarchuk, Nikolai Cherkasov, Mikhail Ulyanov, about their favorite roles in the Maly Theater. And of course, about the new role in which she so often appears today.