Elina Bystritskaya, a woman with an iron character and strong will, was endowed with amazing femininity, beauty, and charm. This is exactly the kind of character who could have played Aksinya in the film “Quiet Flows the Flow of the Flow” and would forever capture the love of the audience. The actress was well acquainted with Mikhail Sholokhov, and in this book she gives her answer to the question of who was the author of the famous novel. She tells the reader about the joyful and difficult moments of her creative path and multifaceted social activities, about famous artists - partners on stage and cinema - Mikhail Zharov, Boris Babochkin, Sofya Giatsintova, Sergei Bondarchuk, Nikolai Cherkasov, Mikhail Ulyanov, about her favorite roles in the Maly Theater , which was her second home. Bystritskaya played on its stage for more than sixty years. And then, unexpectedly for herself, she changed her role - she became a singer. And the viewer accepted her in this new role and supported her.