Vladimir Zagoruyko

The heroes are unhappy, weak, spiritually crippled people. Their lives are poisoned by meanness, lies and malice gather in their house; life becomes unbearable: you need to get angry, break down, get drunk, and most of all, die.

About the events that took place on January 9 in St. Petersburg, which marked the beginning of the revolution of 1905-1907 in Russia.