A fascinating portrait of Russian life over the past thirty years, in five different stories and with the same central character. Childhood, Russian province, love, marriage, urbanization, true and false friendships, complex social reality, the nightmare of nuclear destruction, the clash with the establishment - all these and many other things are described in the stories that make up "The Myth of Klutcharov". With the sensitivity that characterizes Makanin's pen - sensitivity that made him considered the greatest living writer of his homeland - this book is a unique journey into the past and present of Russia, as well as into the best traditions of its literature.