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LITERARY TIME MACHINE, 1913

The novel is the first attempt to recreate the literary history of the period.

The novel is the first literary attempt in recent years to recreate the real history and past of Kyiv based on documents and newspaper articles of the time and to travel back to the distant 1913. The protagonist of the novel is Dimentiy Charuta, the first Kyiv taxi driver, a profession that in the modern sense appeared in the city in 1913. A real car macho in a Rolls-Royce, a wit, a favourite of women and just a good person. However, the mafia of Kyiv horse-drawn carriages that controlled the city did not like his appearance. They decide to eliminate a serious competitor. The bribed local police strongly support this idea. A cascade of dizzying and dangerous adventures begins on the streets of old Kyiv, shooting, explosions, the horse mafia hunts for the elusive Rolls-Royce everywhere, but Charuta and his friends win a convincing victory.

The protagonist of the novel is a collective image, largely inspired by the biography of the famous Kyiv motorist, yachtsman and athlete Ivan Podborsky (1880-1919). Podborsky was also distinguished by his unbridled temper and often clashed with the authorities.

It was a time when firearms, from the iconic Nagant to the famous Mauser, could be legally purchased without any permits in a shop or ordered from a catalogue by mail. Petrol was sold everywhere, even in pharmacies. Car repair shops already existed, but car alignment was also quite successfully carried out in ordinary forges.

Risking his own life, fighting for justice, the protagonist Dimentiy Charuta finally meets his love, but his beloved is kidnapped and, saving her from mortal danger, he will have to organise a risky expedition to Trukhaniv Island, to storm the lair of Kyiv drug addicts.

The events of the novel are precisely tied by the author to the toponymy (geography, historical names) of Kyiv in 1913. Zasarayna Street, Kosohirny Lane, Dog's Path - all these names can be found on the map of Kyiv of that time.

So, the literary time machine is waiting for you, let's go!