About the book: 1982 / Mark Borisovich Spector - veteran security officer. He was born in 1903 in the city of Nikolaev. At the age of twelve he began working as a mechanic's assistant in a private workshop - this is how his work biography began. Since April 1919, he has been a member of the Nikolaev organization of the Russian Communist Youth Union. Since October 20th - in the ranks of the Communist Party, he comes to work in the Nikolaev Cheka. Since then, his whole life has been connected with state security agencies. He carried out a number of daring Cheka operations while in Makhno's lair. After the completion of the operation (1923), F.E. Dzerzhinsky was awarded a registered military weapon (Mauser). In 1927, Mark Borisovich Spektor graduated from the Higher Border School. He is an active participant in the civil war and the war with the White Finns. He studied at the law institute, which the Great Patriotic War prevented him from graduating from. During the Great Patriotic War, M. B. Spektor was the head of the special department of the Northern Fleet, and then transferred to the Oryol direction in the 63rd army of the 3rd Bryansk Front. He has state awards: the Order of Lenin, the Red Banner, the Red Star, the Patriotic War, 1st degree, 12 medals. In 1946, M. B. Spector retired due to illness, worked for a long time as a lawyer, and was engaged in literary work “The Deaf Pharmacist” is a new story by M. B. Spector, which tells about the high everyday life of young security officers of the twenties.