Leonid Ejdlin

A juggler Valerian from a circus does not recognize his classmate, but she still loves him, and his son named Valerian ...

The story about a very small god-forgotten village in Siberia reflects the history of Russia from the beginning of the century till the early 1980s. Three generations try to find the land of happiness and to give it to the people. One builds the road through taiga to the star over horizon, the second 'build communism' and the third searches for oil.

1911. Lenin organizes the first Bolshevik party school near Paris, in the small town of Longjumeau. Through a chain of historical parallels and associations, this time is intertwined with the events of the Paris Commune, the October Revolution and the political struggles of the post-revolutionary years.

Cultural figures and artists discuss the present and future of children's theatre in the Soviet Union.

The conflict between Professor Shcheglov and Doctor Skuratov, which began with a slap in the face.