The book is dedicated to the great Russian artist Oleg Ivanovich Borisov (1929–1994). Many of his theatrical and film roles are masterpieces that have left a noticeable mark on the history of Russian art and are included in its golden fund. In all his works, Borisov in an unknown way enlarged the characters in whom he was interested - and he demonstrated this - in their intense inner life, and masterfully avoided averageness and templates. Talent, constantly supported by incredible daily painstaking creative work, merciless demands on himself, is about Oleg Borisov, who knew his destiny and struggled with a serious illness for many years. Borisov was a bright, awkward, harsh man, but at the same time incredibly vulnerable, gentle, subtle, who had completely unique, limitless possibilities. The main things in the life of Oleg Ivanovich, who survived hunger, the hardships of war, student poverty, betrayal, were work and family. Journalist and regular author of the “ZhZL” series Alexander Gorbunov talks about Oleg Borisov.