The novel-trilogy of Ivan Sergeevich Rukavishnikov (1877-1930) is the story of three generations of the Nizhny Novgorod merchant family, from which the author himself came. At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, large commercial and industrial capital in Russia declared itself loudly, and it seemed that the future belonged to it. Therefore, the “money aces” depicted in the novel, with all their aspirations, passions, weaknesses, traditions, dreams, still arouse considerable interest to this day. The novel was practically not published during Soviet times. Due to the persecution of literature that went beyond socialist realism, it was removed from libraries, but interest in it did not wane. With significant historical and social value, originality of language and style, it is still a bibliographic rarity. Introductory article: Lyudmila Ivanovna Shiyan