The reader is invited to the novel “Ivan Ivanovich Vyzhigin” by Thaddeus Bulgarin, which was extremely popular in its time. This is an adventurous story about a man who experienced “a lot in life, being a servant and a master, a subordinate and a boss, a Kyrgyz rider and a Russian warrior, a sloth and a businessman, a spendthrift, a gambler...” Life threw the hero from side to side, but still he found long-awaited family happiness and prosperity.