Yuri Trifonov is a famous Soviet writer, author of many novels and novels, including "Quenching Thirst," "Exchange," "Long Farewell," "Another Life," "House on the Embankment," "Old Man," etc. The hero of the story is Andrei Zhelyabov, a Russian revolutionary, a member of the executive committee of Narodnaya Volya, one of the active organizers of the assassination attempt on Alexander II on March 1, 1881.