Gennady Kubetsia

Six-year-old Lenya dreams of becoming a knight. When his father leaves home and never returns, and new friends come to visit his mother, the boy becomes the family's sole protector.

Elya is a black widow. The woman got this nickname because at different times, three of her cohabitants died of drug overdoses in her apartment. The widow carried the dead bodies out to the landing on the floor below and left them there until neighbors found them.