The book by the famous Soviet and Russian writer Andrei Alekseevich Molchanov (b. 1953) includes works published in the USSR with a total circulation of 16 million copies. The novel “New Year in October” captivated readers with the courage of the author, who revealed the character of the main character, the young scientist Alexei Proshin, who rejected all “communist” values inside himself, but outwardly cleverly used them for his own purposes. Based on this novel, the film “The Man from the Black Volga” was made in 1990, directed by Nikolai Lukyanov, starring: Yuri Demich, Lyudmila Nikolaeva, Nikolai Gravshin. The story “Crossroads for Three” is the first in the history of the country, based on The resolution of the CPSU Central Committee “On strengthening the ideological work of party bodies with writers” was adopted. It honestly and directly tells about the time of “stagnation”, about the life and aspirations of Soviet youth who had already lost faith in everything...