The name of Vyacheslav Vasilyevich Tikhonov, the great Soviet and Russian actor, is forever inscribed in the history of Russian cinema. Those who were lucky enough to communicate with the legendary actor in person are doubly happy. The book by the famous film director Sergei Aleksandrovich Solovyov, based on his film about Vyacheslav Tikhonov from the series “Those with whom I…” for the TV channel “Culture”, is imbued with a reverent attitude towards outstanding contemporaries with whom fate brought the author together on the set and beyond . His verbal portraits of outstanding screen masters are devoid of banal features, well-known facts, they are warmed by the unique personal intonation of the author, who talks about his colleagues in art freely, relaxed, ironically, but also tenderly, with a lot of vivid details and details known only to him. The book is also supplemented with the artist’s filmography, a list of awards and titles.