The author himself described the genre of the book with the humorous title “Forward to the Past” as “revelations.” This is a confidential story about one’s own life, about joyful and sometimes absurd everyday realities, about historical events that continuously shook the country, about friendship with Aksenov, Akhmadulina, Vysotsky, Gorin, Okudzhava, Tal, Kasparov, Shirvindt and many other wonderful people whose names can be found list enthusiastically and endlessly! The author tried to structure the book impeccably logically, like a chess game - it has an opening, a middlegame and even an endgame. But the diversity and unpredictability of life situations cannot be conveyed by the clear formation of chess pieces and the most ingenious moves. And as a result, you are holding in your hands a sincere and honest narrative about an entire era, consisting of vivid and very personal memories of our famous contemporary.