About the book: 2011 / In the final book of Anatoly Andreevich Bukharin (1936–2010) - writer, historian, researcher of the traditions of domestic liberalism, Pushkinist, a bright man of difficult fate - works of different genres (essays, sketches, stories, memoirs, etc.) are presented, written in the last decade and a half and united by the unique author's intonation. These are a kind of “passionate reflections”, “excited thoughts”, reflecting the results of our contemporary’s comprehension of the complex vicissitudes of Russian history and culture. The unique unity of artistic and historical contexts, natural for Bukharin the thinker, makes the book a notable phenomenon of modern Russian prose and historiography.