Moscow of the 50s, 60s, 70s... Much of what is happening today with Russia and with us originated on the crooked and humpbacked Moscow streets, in the echoing lanes and in the depths of the courtyard labyrinths of the USSR capital. Fates, plots, personalities, types and characters of the adventurous tragicomic theater of city life - these are the objects of the author's view of Alexei Didurov, who wrote this book.