Galina Strutinskaya

Начало 80-х годов прошлого века, закат "эры Брежнева"... Сотрудник МУРа честный и неподкупный майор Корнеев расследует дела о разбойных грабежах квартир состоятельных советских граждан. Банда действует явно по чьей-то наводке. В ходе расследования майор неожиданно выходит на крупных милицейских начальников, давно ставших "кунаками" воротил преступного мира...

Alexei Infantiev moves through three life stages: a youth controlled by a dominant mother and consumed by obsessive love, a middle age crushed by the stifling monotony of Soviet daily life, and a quiet old age as a widower reflecting on a lifetime of isolation, unfulfilled potential, and emotional decay.

A young artist, a graduate student Yuri Dyachenko leaves the Institute of Arts, defending his right to freedom of creativity. Yuri manages to arrange his first solo exhibition. However, his paintings turn out to be incomprehensible to a wide audience. This becomes one of the reasons for the spiritual crisis of the painter. The hero's relationship with the outside world is difficult...