About the book: 1990 / The story "Notes of the People's Judge Semyon Buzykin", which gave the name to the collection, was written in 1962, but published in full for the first time.V. A. Kurochkin (1923–1976) served as a people's judge in the Novgorod region in the early 50s, and the work is based on materials from real judicial practice. The story raises acute social problems that have not lost their relevance today. The collection also includes the stories “The Boarded Up House”, “The Last Spring” and stories born of impressions from meetings with residents of villages in central Russia.