The story “The Arabat Arrow” is based on real events that took place in Crimea in the spring of 2014, on the eve of the referendum on joining Russia. Residents of the village of Strelkovoe, located on the border of Crimea and the Kherson region, immediately decide to move the state border from the southern outskirts to the northern. A naive attempt to “return” to Crimea is dividing the ancient Cossack village along national lines. “What’s wrong with your boat?!” the president was once asked a long time ago. “She drowned,” he calmly answered...