About the book: 2012 / This book is a bilingual edition of a recently published Russian book and its translation into English with comments from the publisher for the American reader. The book is a collection of short children's stories about the events that took place in Moscow in the mid-fifties of the last century, ten years after the end of the Second World War. The stories can be of interest to both children and adults. Children will find many truly funny episodes in the book and will be able to look at the capital of Russia in the mid-twentieth century through the eyes of a twelve-year-old boy. Adults will have the opportunity to look at the same events with their own eyes and also laugh, and maybe be sad. This is a bilingual edition of a recently published Russian book and its English translation, together with the publisher's comments for the American public. The book is a collection of short children's stories about the events that took place in Moscow (Russia) in the mid-fifties of the last century, a decade after the end of World War II.These stories may be of interest to both children and adults. Children will find many truly funny episodes in the book and will be able to look at the capital of Russia in the middle of the twentieth century through the eyes of a twelve-year-old boy. Adults will be able to look at the same events through their own eyes. They will also laugh or perhaps be a bit sad.