M. Davidow's book "The Third Soviet Generation" is a kind of collective portrait of Soviet youth, painted against the background of the society in which it is a part and in which it plays an extremely important role. The author gives the reader the opportunity to get acquainted with a number of its representatives - among the leaders of the Komsomol, in the construction and work teams of BAM and KamAZ, in the fields of the Krasnodar state farm, in the classrooms of Moscow State University and among the soldiers of the Soviet Army.