"Время, когда не пишут дневников и писем..." Хроника одного подвала. Дневники 1968-1973

The diaries of Yulia Lvovna Nelskaya-Sidur, the wife of the outstanding sculptor Vadim Abramovich Sidur, describe the facts, mood and life of our country, especially the intelligentsia, in a significant, critical time - between 1968 and 1973 - a kind of transitional moment from the thaw 60s to another era, with a different atmosphere, different moods, different assessments. The main thing in the diaries is the description of the life and work of V. Sidur, the atmosphere of the sculptural workshop - one of the centers of intellectual communication - is vividly conveyed with the spirit of creativity and labor reigning here, with the mood of the "sixties". Among the friends and acquaintances of Vadim and Yulia who have been here are poets, writers, composers, directors, actors, scientists, doctors, journalists - V. Bakhnov, V. Ginzburg, Y. Daniel, Y. Levitansky, Y. Lyubimov, Y. Moritz , B. Okudzhava, V. Smekhov and many others. This is not just a chronicle of everyday life, not only a story about ordinary family problems and everyday sketches, this is time itself. Written vividly and vividly, supplied with the necessary comments and indexes, these diaries are a valuable source on the history of Russian culture. Compiled by Volovnikov Vladimir.