About the book: 1957 / This book about Borodin is the fruit of the creative collaboration of two writers - M. Ilyin and E. Segal. It introduces the life of the composer, scientist, teacher, and public figure Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin (1833–1887). The authors of the book created “a complete image of the living Borodin, as his friends and comrades knew him".