The author of the book “My Three Lives” V. A. Pirozhkova really has three lives. The first began shortly after the revolution and ended with the Great Patriotic War. The second is fifty years of life in West Germany, during which she graduated from the University of Munich, became a professor of political science and the creator of the Voice of Abroad magazine. The third is a return to Russia, to St. Petersburg, to the Motherland. The fate of the author of this book is a mirror of the 20th century, which showed humanity both its powerlessness and its resilience. Essentially, this is a book about loyalty: loyalty to your language, your culture - to yourself...