About the book: 1985 / How do memory and human personality, memory and morality relate? What is the importance of memory in social life? These and other significant questions are raised in his novel by the Leningrad writer Boris Nikolsky. The real possibilities of science in the era of scientific and technological revolution are inextricably linked in the novel with the understanding of the need for extremely careful, prudent handling of the human psyche, with memory, which is both the history of mankind and the conscience of every person. The book also includes stories dedicated to the everyday life of the modern Soviet Army.