Protiv vsekh

"Ėta kniga - popytka narisovatʹ portret nasheĭ bolʹshoĭ strany i okrestnosteĭ. Portret, konechno, vyshel ne ochenʹ obʺektivnyĭ. I͡A postaralasʹ maksimalʹno interesno i subʺektivno rasskazatʹ o tom istoricheskom periode, v kotorom my vse seĭchas zhivem. O samom i͡arkom, absurdnom, geroicheskom i nelepom. V obshchem, o nas!"--Title page verso. "This book is an attempt to draw a portrait of our great country and its environs. The portrait, of course, came out not very objective. I tried to tell the most interesting and subjective story about the historical period in which we all now live. On the most vivid, absurd, heroic and ridiculous. In general, about us!"--Translated from title page verso.