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Odnazhdy zimnim dnem 2008 goda avtor ėtoĭ knigi akkuratno pererisoval na kalʹku sozvezdie Bolʹshoĭ Medvedit͡sy, naugad nalozhil risunok na kartu Evropy i otmetil na karte evropeĭskie goroda, s kotorymi sovpali zvezdy. Sredi otmechennykh gorodov okazalisʹ kak bolʹshie i vsem izvestnye - T͡Si͡urikh, Varshava, Nansi, Saragosa, Brindizi, - tak i malenʹkie, nikomu, krome okrestnykh zhiteleĭ nevedomye poselenii͡a: Ėlʹche-de-la-Sʹerra, Marvezholʹ, Oteriv, Ėngelʹkholʹm, Otranto, Ponte-Lechcha i mnozhestvo drugikh.<br><br>A potom avtor obʺezdil vse otmechennye goroda i zapisal tam istorii, kotorye uslyshal na ikh ulit͡sakh, ne ustavai͡a udivli͡atʹsi͡a, kak slovookhotlivy stanovi͡atsi͡a goroda, kogda prinimai͡ut putnika, priekhavshego spet͡sialʹno dli͡a togo, chtoby vnimatelʹno ikh vyslushatʹ. Pokhozhe, ėto ochenʹ vazhno dli͡a vsi͡akogo goroda - poluchitʹ vozmozhnostʹ pogovoritʹ s li͡udʹmi na poni͡atnom im i͡azyke.<br><br>Tak poi͡avilasʹ "Bolʹshai͡a telega" - idealʹnoe transportnoe sredstvo dli͡a poezdok po Evrope, kniga-stranstvie, gid po taĭnym zakoulkam evropeĭskikh gorodov i nashikh serdet͡s.

One winter day in 2008 the author of this book carefully copied on the tracing paper a constellation of the Big dipper, randomly put a figure on the map of Europe and pointed to a map of a European city, which coincided with the stars. Among noted cities were large and well-known to Zurich, Warsaw, Nancy, Zaragoza, Brindisi, and small, to anybody, except inhabitants of unknown villages: Elche de La Sierra, Marvejols, Otaru, Ängelholm, Otranto, Ponte Lucca and many others.

And then the author traveled all marked by the city and recorded the stories he heard on their streets and not get tired to wonder how talkative become the city, taking the traveller who had come to listen to them carefully. It seems that it is very important for every city to be able to talk to people in a language they understand.

So there was the "Big cart" is an ideal vehicle for travel in Europe, the book-journey guide to the secret corners of European cities and our hearts.