The publication includes the memoirs of the artist Boris Alekseevich Smirnov-Rusetsky about the Roerich family, which he had finished in 1993. On August 7, 1993, the artist passed away, leaving the memories unedited. Compiled by Elena G. Petrenko received a manuscript for publication from the wife of B. A. Smirnov-Rusetskiy - Vera Leonidovna Yasnopolskaya in Leningrad. The manuscript is presented in this publication without revisions or changes. The compiler arranged the parts of the manuscript in chronological order.
