Ancient days - a book of memoirs and memoirs about those with whom the fate of Mikhail Vasilyevich Nesterov (1862-1942) brought together. The most significant part of the life of an outstanding painter took place in Moscow, and it is natural therefore that the main characters of his fascinating narrative are Muscovites, most of whom, like himself, have become the glory and pride of Russia. "The spirit of Moscow is the spirit of all our people" - in these words of Nesterov, the main thing that he wanted to tell the reader with his book.