Alexander Chudakov (1938-2005) - an outstanding Russian philologist, wrote the novel 'Haze Lies on the Old Steps' with the highest concentration of historical truth, a recreated image of true Russia in its most difficult years, 'the book is homerically funny and incredibly sad, eerie and life-affirming, epic and epic lyric ', according to Novaya Gazeta.

The sugary, white Kremlin is the heart of Russia in the 2020s, which survived the Red, Gray and White Troubles, closed off from the outside world and plunged into sleep. its refined copy, but in fact it does not belong to anyone. Fifteen short stories from the collection 'Sugar Kremlin', written as if in completely different ways and about different things, add up to a picture of a ghostly, doomed reality, soaking like a sugar tower in tea. For the first time, the collection of stories 'Sugar Kremlin' was published in 2008. Together with the story 'The Day of the Oprichnik' he was nominated for the 'Big Book' award; In 2009, he received the Audience Choice Award for the NOS Award.