An old house on a quiet Moscow side street, six flights up and a door on the left—and we're in an old Moscow apartment. We'll spend 100 years there, meet several generations of the family, witness the meetings and partings, grief and happiness, losses and hopes that many families in Russia have experienced. The story of the ordinary inhabitants of an old Moscow apartment reflects the history of our country in the 20th century. It's told to us not only by the characters themselves, but also by their belongings: furniture and clothing, dishes and books, games and household items. After all, objects bear the imprint of time, preserve the memory and traces of the era in which they were created and served. They are witnesses to the history that isn't written about in textbooks, but which is very important to each of us—the history of our families, our friends, the history of ourselves.

I wrote a book and collected numerous documents, archival photographs, and artifacts from the era of Alexander Litvin. Artist Anna Desnitskaya accurately and aptly depicted various eras in the life of our country.