About the book: 1954 / The fifth volume is the first book of “The History of My Contemporary.” “The History of My Contemporary” is the largest work of V. G. Korolenko, on which he worked from 1905 to 1921. It was written with significant interruptions and remained unfinished, since each time certain political events distracted Korolenko from this work. http://ruslit.traumlibrary.net