Completely ordinary people live in the small town of Velikiy Guslyar. But among the Guslyar residents there are also those who have seen Pushkin and even Stepan Razin. Many years ago, the aliens left one of the heroes the elixir of youth, and now that he told about it, several residents of Guslyar decided to try the potion on themselves. Readers will have to find out what happened to the heroes after this, and think about what is more important - the youth of the body or the youth of the soul. The image of the city and its inhabitants is complemented by “Letters to the Editor” - a selection of short stories in the epistolary genre. The book contains drawings of a famous Soviet illustrator and animator Evgeny Migunov.