Time is relentless. The world of Lesnoy is a thing of the past, with rare exceptions, it disappeared almost irrevocably. Now the old Lesnoy exists only as separate islands in the sea of ​ ​ standard brick and panel buildings. All the more valuable this book is a book about houses, streets and above all about the people who lived here. The reader will find on the pages of this publication many names of outstanding people who lived here, learn about their fates, sometimes taking maples and acacia far from their native ones. Without this "human factor," Lesnoy's story would not be incomplete - unthinkable.