About the book: 1986 / The author, laureate of the Lenin Komsomol Prize, famous restorer, art critic and promoter of Russian culture, vividly and imaginatively talks about the art of restoration and the fascinating but painstaking work of people who preserve for us and the future generation the masterpieces of the masters of the past, introduces the reader to the most interesting finds of recent years, which have written bright pages in the history of our culture. In the narrative, S. V. Yamshchikov included short stories from his colleagues - restorers, writers, scientists, journalists, talking about the discovery and study of certain art monuments.