Skazka o Troike - Strugatskie Arkadii i Boris

NIICHAVO staff arrive in Kitezhgrad in order to get from local officials a number of wonderful objects and creatures for their institute, including: the govorun bedbug, the spuridon octopus and the snowman Fedor. However, the Troika on Rationalization and Recycling of Unexplained Phenomena, which has absolute power and outrageous ignorance, hinders their work. Privalov and his comrades understand that it is possible to fight with fabulous bureaucrats only by their bureaucratic methods. The book also included a second version of the novel, which is a reworking of the original text to reduce the most poignant satirical moments.