The Flying Boy (Letayushchiy Malchik)

Veniamin Kaverin (1902-1989) is a renowned writer of an entire era—the rise, rise, and decline of a vast state. Moving in the circles of the Soviet elite, Kaverin was close to talented people, some of whom became the prototypes for the characters in his works. 'The Flying Boy' is a fairy tale intended for elementary and middle school students.