Elina Bystritskaya is a legendary actress; more than one generation of viewers admired her charm, femininity and beauty. She was distinguished by her iron character and strong will, which is what helped her play Aksinya in the film “Quiet Flows the Don” and forever capture the people’s love. Sofia Shegelman is the actress’s sister, editor and writer; a considerable part of her life was spent in Israel. But, despite at a distance, the sisters were very friendly, met at every opportunity, constantly called each other, lovingly remembered their relatives and friends, their childhood and youth, could not forget the terrible years of the war, the first steps in the profession, the various vicissitudes of their personal lives. S. Shegelman writes about all this very poignantly and talentedly. And Elina Bystritskaya recalls the joyful and difficult stages of her creative path, her multifaceted social activities, her stage and film partners - Mikhail Zharov, Boris Babochkin, Sofya Giatsintova, Sergei Bondarchuk, Nikolai Cherkasov, Mikhail Ulyanov, about their favorite roles at the Maly Theater and the singer’s new role. This is truly “breathing in unison”, which united the sisters not only in life, but also in one book.