Anatoly Pristavkin is one of the most iconic writers of Russian literature of the 20th century, the author of the world-famous story “The Golden Cloud Spent the Night” (1987). A. Pristavkin’s writing credo is to give people hope. The book includes the story “The Soldier and the Boy” about the life of orphanage children during the war, in which, despite the cruelty of the morals of the surrounding world, humanity and kindness win. The life stories of Soviet street children, which A. Pristavkin described with such love and understanding of the child’s soul, are read by people all over the world. The love story of an “underground radio operator” in the story “Radio Station “Tamara” becomes a symbol of freedom and humanity. One of the latest stories, “Judgment Day” (2005), is about a person’s ineradicable desire to be happy under any circumstances and the inevitable responsibility for his actions.< /p>