This collection includes works by the wonderful Soviet satirists Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov. Travel essays “Caution, covered by centuries!” and “Extraordinary stories from the life of the city of Kolokolamsk” - a bibliographic rarity. The collection also includes chapters of the novels “The Twelve Chairs” and “The Golden Calf” that are unknown to the general reader. The sarcasm and humor of these stories have not lost their sharpness today. The text of the book was translated from the original language using an artificial intelligence program. For the most part, the translation of the text is of very high quality, but in some cases, due to the imperfection of the technology, there may be incorrect phrase translations in the text, as well as single words and expressions may not be translated.