About the book: 1988 / Memoirs of the zemstvo leader and cadet politician Prince V. A. Obolensky cover the period from the birth of the author in 1869 to the evacuation from Wrangel’s Crimea. The book is wonderful - Obolensky is not just a living storyteller, he has a keen sense of what the reader may find incomprehensible. Therefore, Obolensky accurately comments and explains those social realities that often seemed obvious to his contemporaries and did not require mention. The book allows you to understand how old Russia really was structured. Another advantage of Obolensky is that he is open-minded and has a broad view of the events described..