Memories of the daughter of a major industrialist A.P. Meshchersky, who was married to the son of A.V. Krivoshein, Minister of Agriculture and Prime Minister of the Wrangel Government, about a bright, unusual and at the same time characteristic of the era of family life. The first third, with typical signs of the time - nannies, governesses, French lessons, squirrel in a wheel, "the wonderful world of St. Petersburg" - walks to the Tauride Garden, Terno's confectionery on Liteiny, dance class, concerts of Ziloti and Kusevitsky in the Noble Assembly...