Timofey Spivak

Roads of Fire

An American Tragedy

Clyde Griffiths dreams of climbing the corporate ladder and making his way into the highest circles of society. In order to fulfill his most cherished dream, Clyde is ready for absolutely anything, he will not even stop before committing a terrible and ridiculous crime...

The Stellar Inspector

A commander of the Russian space police begins looking for the capitalist space pirates who have been wreaking intergalactic havoc upon the surrounding planets.

Highly Dangerous

One of the southern cities of Russia during the NEP. The famous doctor and his wife are killed, the person living opposite Schwartz is kidnapped. The bandits were looking for gold. Then there is a diversion at the factory. The Chekists find out that a man is implicated in everything, posing as a businessman Bespaly, he is Lieutenant Voronov, aka “Chaly” - the leader of the gang. With the selfless efforts of the operatives, the gang manages to neutralize.

Ravines

Communist Ivan Platonov is actively involved in the collectivization of his native land, even the death of his wife does not stop him. One by one, rebellions of discontented peasants break out. Platonov's propaganda work takes on a different quality, the hero takes up arms and is not afraid of death.

Landing at Oringa

An avalanche cuts off builders of the Baikal-Amur railway from civilisation. Alexander Ivanov's team tries to find a short way through the Taiga to progress the railway.

Cancan in an English Park

A Ukrainian poet visiting his emigre cousin is threatened into working for the CIA's operations through Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

Threshold

Andrei Buslai, a drunken, morally degraded man, accidentally ends up in the apartment of the writer Pokutovich, where he meets Alina and Dragun. Under the influence of these people with difficult fates, yet kind and honest, Andrei begins his moral awakening.

Hope

At only 19 years old, Vladimir Olhosvky, fleeing the Russian Revolution and going into exile in Mexico City, will have to make his way in a new country, totally unknown to him but that will bring him a new life.

Farewell of a Slav Woman

A retired air force colonel comes on summer vacation to the Crimea. He comes as a non-official holiday-maker, so the main problem is to find night quarters. There is a brim-full of holiday-makers here at holyday season, and for locals the main business is to rent a bunk. And if one also manages to make money on sending pears, apples, grapes, the whole winter will be supported. Thus many locals survive, others become callous, cynical cold fish, concerned only about gains. Anna Ivanovna, the flat owner, renting a bunk to the colonel, starts reminding of the latter. Looking over a photo in a hall, the colonel suddenly recognizes himself in youth with a friend, who died of consumption and who turned out to be the Annas son.

My Love Is in the Third Year

The student team arrived to spend their work semester at a virgin land collective farm with the motto of living and working by communal principles. However, even in a limited space and time, this proved to be challenging.

State Border: Vol. 6. Beyond the Threshold of Victory

In the border zone of the Soviet-Polish state border, gangs of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists operated. Captain Olkhovik was given the task of infiltrating the OUN gang.

The Victims Have No Grievance

A man was killed in the fight, another was seriously injured. The perpetrators confessed to what they had done. The investigator of the prosecutor's office Ilyas Sadykov had only to issue documents. But something in the testimony of the defendants alerted him, and Sadykov started the investigation anew...

Golden Fleece

Obituary

A journalist experiences the death of a friend and expects to become the next victim, but this is just fear. Too much tension in the air.