The fate of man is inseparably linked with fate of their families, friends, colleagues and society. Through the life of one family, seen over several generations, you can observe the changes taking place in their environs. From short episodes described in this book you can see how the conditions of life, opportunities and interests for people during four generations transform: from grandparents to grandchildren, from the days of a pre-revolutionary Russia, throughout the storms of the revolution, the first and second World Wars, "the Furious Fifties," "the Dashing Sixties and Seventies," "the Golden Eighties," "the Perestroika Nineties" to the twenty-first century. Before my 70th anniversary I have experienced every one of the 25,567 unforgettable days - this is the leaves of my life