Жаркое лето 1953-го.

V poslednie desi͡atiletii͡a v Rossii, kak i vo vsem mire, slozhilosʹ novoe napravlenie v istoriografii - chastnai͡a istorii͡a, osnovannai͡a na vospominanii͡akh obyknovennykh li͡udeĭ. Neredko takie rasskazy okazyvai͡utsi͡a ne tolʹko poleznym materialom dli͡a istorikov, no eshche i uvlekatelʹnym chteniem dli͡a shirokogo kruga publiki.V predstavlennoĭ knige sudʹbonosnye sobytii͡a v zhizni strany pokazany cherez perezhivanii͡a 10-letnego malʹchika, zhivushchego svoeĭ detskoĭ zhiznʹi͡u i ne podozrevai͡ushchego o tekh buri͡akh, kotorye podnimai͡utsi͡a v strane na slome ėpokh. Spusti͡a 70 let ėtot stavshiĭ uzhe vzroslym malʹchik opisyvaet svoi beskhitrostnye i v chem-to naivnye detskie vpechatlenii͡a: porazitelʹnai͡a pami͡atʹ, khoroshiĭ slog i tochnostʹ v detali͡akh avtora pozvoli͡ai͡ut chitateli͡u pogruzitʹsi͡a v mir sovetskogo proshlogo, v kotorom geroi zhivut trudnoĭ, no odnovremenno schastlivoĭ zhiznʹi͡u.Si͡uzhet knigi okhvatyvaet neskolʹko mesi͡at͡sev zhizni semʹi avtora, nachinai͡a s vnezapnogo izvestii͡a o smerti Stalina rannim martovskim utrom 53-go goda. Za oknom poezda, unosi͡ashchego malʹchika iz leningradskogo dvora-kolodt͡sa v dalekiĭ voennyĭ garnizon na Dalʹnem vostoke, pronosi͡atsi͡a beskraĭnie prostory strany, a v ego golove voznikai͡ut beschislennye voprosy ot uvidennogo, otvety na kotorye on budet iskatʹ i nakhoditʹ vsi͡u zhiznʹ. Malenʹkiĭ taëzhnyĭ poselok okazyvaetsi͡a svi͡azannym s istoricheskimi sobytii͡ami proshlykh i nastoi͡ashchikh let, a udivitelʹnai͡a priroda Dalʹnego Vostoka oshelomli͡aet rebënka i otkryvaet emu glaza na mir, v kotorom on zhivet.

In recent decades, a new trend in historiography has developed in Russia, as well as around the world — a private history based on the memories of ordinary people. Often such stories turn out to be not only useful material for historians, but also fascinating reading for a wide range of the public.In the presented book, fateful events in the life of the country are shown through the experiences of a 10-year-old boy living his childhood life and unaware of the storms that rise in the country at the break of epochs. 70 years later, this grown-up boy describes his guileless and somewhat naive childhood impressions: an amazing memory, good style and accuracy in the details of the author allow the reader to immerse himself in the world of the Soviet past, in which the characters live a difficult but at the same time happy life.The plot of the book covers several months of the author's family's life, starting with the sudden news of Stalin's death in the early March morning of '53. Outside the window of the train carrying the boy from the Leningrad courtyard-well to a distant military garrison in the Far East, the vast expanses of the country sweep by, and countless questions arise in his head from what he saw, the answers to which he will search and find all his life. A small taiga village turns out to be associated with historical events of past and present years, and the amazing nature of the Far East stuns the child and opens his eyes to the world in which he lives.