A book about Cambodia-Kampuchea, which the Soviet correspondent found, before the American-inspired coup of 1970, which dragged the country into the war in Indochina, before the establishment of the Polpot dictatorship in 1975. The author shares his impressions, talks about nature, economy, culture, history of the country and the Khmer people. Together with the author, the reader will visit the capital of the country, Phnom Penh, on the picturesque Lake Toplesap, in the marshy jungle, on a mountain plateau, in an open-air museum - the greatest monument of ancient architecture Angkorvat. The book is richly illustrated.