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According to the author himself, the genre of the work is a story with memoirs. The protagonist of the novel is Professor Vadym Petrenko, a prominent Ukrainian scholar, writer, and at the same time a secret informant for the GPU. This character is based on the famous figure V. Petrov (Domontovych). Based on his memories of Petrov and his creative imagination, Chaplenko presents his version of events. The time of events is from 1942 to 1949.