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Rolan Bykov (1929 - 1998) kept diaries from the age of 15 until the very end. Needless to say, the reader unfolds the history of the country, theater and cinema, but above all - the story of a unique personality, a brilliant director ("Scarecrow") and an actor ("Overcoat", "Aibolit", "Passion for Andrei", "Checking for roads", "Commissioner", "Two comrades served", "Letters from a dead man", "From the life of vacationers", "Profitable place" ...). This book is striking in its frankness. "Furious Roland", as his relatives called him, kept records for himself, not thinking about censorship or further publication. Passionate, uncompromising nature rises before the reader - whether it is about art or personal relationships. "I'm beaten - I'll start over!" - these lines of Romain Rolland became the motto for Rolan Bykov for life ...