Druzei moikh prekrasnye cherty. Vospominaniia - Pastukhov B.N.

Boris Pastukhov is a statesman and public figure whose biography is inextricably linked with the history of our country. His track record is extensive - the first secretary of the Central Committee of VLKSM, the chairman of the State Committee of the USSR for publishing, printing and book trade, an extraordinary and authoritative ambassador to Denmark and Afghanistan, the first deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of the Russian Government for CIS Affairs, Senior Vice President of the Russian Chamber of Commerce. B.N. Pastukhov's memoirs attract attention by the names of many prominent personalities, including Yuri Gagarin, Alexandra Pakhmutova, Metropolitan Pitirim, Natalia Sats, Mikhail Botvinnik, Evgeny Primakov. In essays about those who were his mentors, comrades and friends, the author gives new touches to the portraits of these extraordinary people and shares his views on the ways of Russia's development.