About the book: year / Evgeny Vodolazkin's novel "Laurel" about the life of a medieval healer became a literary event in 2013 (Big Book and Yasnaya Polyana awards), has been translated into many languages. The following novels - "Aviator" and "Brisbane" - also became bestsellers. "Soloviev and Larionov" - Vodolazkin's early novel - was written in line with his main theme: the collision of times, and ultimately - overcoming time. The young historian Solovyov plunges headlong into another era, recreating the life story of the white general Larionov - and this suddenly begins to influence his own life in an amazing way. And now Yalta of the twenties and Crimea burning in the Civil War appear through a modern scientific conference…