Henri Troyat is a famous French writer of Russian origin, a member of the French Academy, a laureate of numerous literary awards, the author of more than a hundred books, an outstanding researcher of the historical and cultural heritage of Russia and France. Literary critics consider him one of the most significant works created by Henri Troyat memoirs. This is a fascinating literary narrative, sincere, emotional, sometimes full of drama, sometimes tinged with irony. This is also an interesting document of the era, in which a talented writer, historian, thinker describes a grandiose picture of the events of the twentieth century with all its cataclysms - from the First World War and revolution to the Second World War and the beginning of changes in Russia. In Soviet times, the originals of the first editions of Troyat’s memoirs were in a special storage facility, where a narrow circle of specialists had access. Now you have the opportunity to read the full version of this book, published for the first time in Russian.