Before the readers are two volumes of memoirs about M.A. Sholokhov. His whole life will pass before you, from early times to its end, much will visibly stand before you - the entire 20th century, with its tragedy and screaming contradictions. Twenty years ago Sholokhov passed away, and now we are summing up some of the results of his unique life - the 100th anniversary of his birth. The first book includes articles, memoirs, diaries, letters and interviews with contemporaries of M.A. Sholokhov for 1905–1941