The names of the characters in this book do not need any special introduction. Nikita Khrushchev and Leonid Brezhnev, Baron Wrangel and Ilya Ilf, Alexander Vertinsky and Boris Pasternak, Andrei Mironov and Mikhail Ulyanov... Many of them were characterized by closeness and reluctance to talk about personal things. Igor Obolensky managed to get “behind the scenes” of legendary biographies. This was helped by the relatives and friends of the iconic characters of the 20th century, who agreed to tell the most important things about their great husbands and parents. From the pages of this book, for the first time, perhaps unexpected confessions will be heard that can change ideas about the people who made our history...