Hero, and concurrently the author of this unique, largely unexpected book - charming, brilliant, inimitable Artist - Mikhail Derzhavin. He is one of the few people, at one mention of which light smiles bloom on their faces! From a happy childhood in the artistic Vakhtangov environment to all-Russian and all-Union love and fame - the path that the Artist, it seems, did not even go, but fluttered - easily, song, dance, joking, playful and making you laugh and enjoy happiness, the miracle of life millions of viewers.