The Kalmyk theater, the only one in the world, is 85 years old. I served there for 46 years. I had the honor of working and communicating with all generations of actors, directors, artists. This book is more about the theater, about those events in which my person appeared. I will write as it was, and not as some interpret it for the sake of their justifications. The authors of the books wrote WHAT happened, but I write HOW and why it happened. For what? So that in the future they do not repeat the mistakes that were made. Shagaev Boris Andreevich The book contains a very large amount of information that was written by my father for a long time, about many people, times, translated into text by many associates, assistants, volunteers and simply altruists. For my part, I made minor adjustments to correct errors and typos, but the text of the book itself has not been completely proofread. The original text and the semantic presentation of the book were not affected on my part.Shagaev Alisher Borisovich