The book of the modern St. Petersburg prose writer and publicist, winner of Russian and international awards Mikhail Zarubin “Heroes of My Time” is a work of historical and biographical genre. In it, the author recalls his friends, famous figures of Leningrad - St. Petersburg. Recalling his meetings with the poet B. Orlov, the director of the Kirov plant P. Semenenko, the head of Leningrad V. Khodyrev, his friendship with the artists K. Lavrov, A. Tolubeev, and the coach V. Platonov, the writer shows that despite the transience of life, there are unshakable, spiritual and moral supports that do not collapse in the waves of the river of time.