Lydia Chukovskaya’s prose is a mirror of her life. A mirror of the era, refracted through the prism of the view of a Russian intellectual. The daughter of Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky, she grew up in a family that honored the traditions of Russian literature with its belief in man and his right to freedom. Lidia Korneevna was not afraid of big and strong feelings. She possessed a very rare gift - a courageous word. Precision and impeccability of words are her weapon in the fight for justice. She wrote without translation into the language of another generation. The feeling of civic and moral involvement still pervades from any of its pages. It was not for nothing that Lydia Chukovskaya studied Herzen all her life. His lessons are felt in her open letters and articles. They have the same affinity with Russia and Russian culture, the same fiery temperament, the same clarity and uncompromising civic position. However, in each of her articles, in each book, the main thing for Lydia Chukovskaya is not the denunciation of executioners and opportunists, but the revival of morality, the criteria of which, unfortunately, have been largely lost by us. Lydia Chukovskaya is still far ahead, she is waiting for us in a different, humane and smart Russia.