The novel “My Light” in four volumes is an artistic memoir-reflection on the real events of the 20th century in Russia, reflected in the destinies of the ordinary heroes of the novel. They learned about the NEP, collectivization, and lived during the war years of 1941-1945, during perestroika and the destruction of the USSR. They lived, loved, fought with the enemy in besieged Leningrad, and in Stalingrad, and in occupied Rzhev. In the post-war period, the heroes of the novel, in which - in none of them - there is any fiction or false pathos, studied and worked, loved and were friends. Having gone through the entire 20th century, each of them wonders about his purpose and his role in the destinies of people close to him.