Совдетство 2. Пионерская ночь

The book of the famous Russian writer Yuri Polyakov, “Soviet Childhood. A Book about the Bright Past,” published a year ago, immediately became a bestseller, captivating readers with the touching authenticity of pictures of the past and the depth of penetration into the complex inner world of a Soviet child. Critics have already managed to put this “memorial” prose on a par with “The Summer of the Lord” by Ivan Shmelev and “The Childhood of Nikita” by Alexei Tolstoy. And here is the long-awaited continuation - "Sovdetstvo 2". We will meet again with our beloved sixth-grader Yura Poluyakov, walk with him through the summer Moscow of 1968, go on a May family picnic in Izmailovsky Park, take a trip to the village to visit his grandfather in the Volga wilderness, sit by the farewell pioneer bonfire and find out how difficult it is, if you like Irma - the most beautiful girl of the third squad...