About the book: 1983 / Memoirs of the famous Soviet writer K. Chukovsky about Repin belong to memoir literature. A friend, biographer, editor of the literary works of the great artist, Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky, during the last period of Repin’s work, had the opportunity to observe him day after day in everyday life, at work, and in communication with friends. Repin clearly appears before us - a person, a public figure, an artist. No less interesting are the pages dedicated to numerous visitors and guests of the famous dacha in Kuokkala, among whom were Gorky and Mayakovsky. Khlebnikov and many others.