About the book: 2015 / This book is the fruit of the joint work of a married couple, the famous sports journalist Mikhail Shlaen and Olga Prikhodchenko, the author of the familiar trilogy about Odessa (“Women of Odessa”, “Staircase of Dreams”, “Washed away by the Wave”). The changing life and everyday life of Moscow, from the middle of the last century to the present day, alternate on its pages with memories of bright sporting events - cycling races in difficult conditions, competitions of volleyball players and boxers, the Olympics in Seoul, Beijing, London and Sochi, the tour of our ice hockey team. theater in America and so on. – and meetings with a wide variety of people. The book is intended for a wide range of readers.