About the book: 1984 / The novel consists of four stories, independent in plot, but united by a number of common characters and a common internal theme. The work features people of different professions and ages, and all of them are in a spiritual atmosphere imbued with the ideology of the working class. The author’s creative success is the image of the old worker Ivan Mitroshin. The author evaluates the life and actions of all other heroes by the high moral criteria of Mitroshin, his ideological conviction, his actions.