About the book: 2011 / Today’s readers are presented with the first Internet publication of the first book from the famous trilogy of the writer (“Semigorye”, “Godins”, “Idealist”), which successfully went through more than six reprints. For it is this novel, like its heroes, that has always and rightfully remained the most popular and beloved by readers of various categories and ages. It begins a story about the different and fascinating destinies of its heroes against the backdrop of complex and contradictory events taking place in our country during the middle and until the end of the last 20th century. This book of the trilogy is about the events of the pre-war 30s - 40s, passed through the inquisitive mind and sensitive soul of the main character of the trilogy, Alexei Polyanin, whom the author made the spokesman for his impressions experienced during a long and difficult, but generally recognized outstanding life. In this book, we also begin to get acquainted with many other characters in the trilogy, who will then go through life next to Alexei, or, one way or another, will influence the formation of a real Man in him…