Children of the Arbat is one of the most significant works of Russian literature of the 20th century. The main characters of this epic are the metropolitan youth of the thirties of the last century. True friends, a close circle - each of them has a special path prepared by fate. Someone will receive an honorable place of 'arbiter of destinies', others - a link to the Far East; some will be able to preserve their dignity in conditions of state arbitrariness, while others do not choose the means to achieve power. Anatoly Naumovich Rybakov wrote his main book in the 1960s, but only twenty years later it saw the light of day. Today, this difficult story of the fate of the first Soviet generation is read with unflagging interest.