Аннотация: The Story how Vanya Zhukov became interested in the Volga-Don waterway
The Story how Vanya Zhukov became interested in the Volga-Don waterway
Vanya Zhukov carried out necessary formalities - registered his future visit, in reception hours visited the head of literary association, - and it yielded positive result.
Vanya was driving in the garbage car into the hunting estate.
It was not so simple to reach the estate. Some time had even to go - by foot. A stylish cars were outpacing Vanya. It seemed to him that in one of cars he saw through a car glass of the great diplomat who was philosophically looking at the world.
The finishing part of a way managed to overcome with a garbage car.
The driver kindly stopped. Vanya clapped a pocket, showing that it has no money for journey payment. "Free of charge!" - the driver shouted. "Gratis! Grant! Without payment!" - Vanya thought.
Entrance to the estate was protected by a check-point. From this check-point Vanya was sent to the one-storey administrative building which is engaged in accommodation of visitors. Here he succeeded to leave things - to put onto a window sill of the package with toothbrush, razor and some more things. All employees were busy with a some urgent business.
Vanya came out to breathe fresh air.
The Pushkin's Boldino appeared into the Vanya's memory. But at this moment there was a vigorous suntanned person in civil clothes, but sewed from camouflage fabric.
He embraced Vanya. Vanya providently held up an elbow that it was impossible to feel his pocket with the remains of money received in bank in the form of a loan and under the noticeable percent.
The suntanned person had one task - to help Vanya.
- If you want to restore the certificate of the membership in the literary association, then it is necessary to act immediately. The head of literary association departs to Africa for a creative business excursion. A little later - to the Arctic. Saw hunting trophies?
On the park alley the enormous foreign car was going. "A Minivan?" - Vanya assumed. - "On such in the "West" go on beaches? On a roof carry a sailboards?"
The suntanned person desperately waved a hand. The foreign car stopped, the door was opened.
The suntanned person, has catched the Vanya's hand, jumped into the minivan.
The free seats were only in the back part of the minivan. The head of literary association was not visible, but he was the heardable.
The conversation revolved around the interesting - "declassified"! - documents on the Volga-Don canal and the interconnected reservoirs.
Vanya learned that in the Big Archive appeared a package of documents about the canal and reservoirs. These documents are of great value. An interest in history is increasing. And the creation of the channel and artificial reservoirs influenced the life of the population of vast territories.
The theme is connected with the past and the future. And it is especially important that under various pretexts, the "ordinary" visitors not very much have the access to these documents (not all documents are ready... the inventory of documents is in the process of drawing up ...). But a very lucky will be those lucky people, who will the first persons to read these documents...
"You remember how Alexander Isaich in archives worked... Got a Nobel Prize..."
Vanya with a sigh remembered up the photos where he was depicted in a nice costume, as if at the Nobel prize ceremony...
The car stopped nearby a large beautiful building. The passengers left the car. They were approached by the staff of the Big Archive. The tanned man and Vanya were led into a beautiful sun-lighted office with the comfortable chairs and computers. On the table a coffee and a tea were. There were delicious sweet rolls ("like those which young Gorky carried to clients - during work in a bakery") and cookies.
Tanned man began to cheerfully click on the buttons of the keyboard and the mouse.It appears, computers were connected to the electronic base of the Big Archive.
The tanned man admired the possibilities. There are also photos of documents, and the same documents - in text form. There are lists. The lists were grouped according a time and a themes... and so on... It is a lot of opportunities!
"Documents on Volga-Don Canal and on the interconnected reservoirs!" "Those!" "The confidential!" "Of the top secret!"
Vanya was interested. "Who and when proposed?" 'Who made the decision and when?' "How much money did it all cost?".
The door was slightly opened. Someone asked the suntanned person to come out in a corridor about a some question.
Vanya continued enthusiastically to research the documents. He was clicking the buttons of the keyboard and of the computer mouse.
He made some kind of plan. (1. Proposals. 2. Planning and design. 3. Creation of the channel and artificial reservoirs. 4. The fate of the population. The "deportation" or not the "deportation"? 5. Economic and environmental impacts and prospects.)
On each question of the plan Vanya made a selection of the most important documents and had read them.
He created electronic folders with the names of the items in his plan and placed copies of the relevant documents into these folders. The location of the some documents can be changed ... - within the created folders. Perhaps the names of the items of the plan should have been improved...
Came an employee of the Big Archive. A Colloquium is scheduled today in the Department of cultural development. The working day is shortened.
A bit not convenient was that Vanya did not have a memory card with him... But even if the memory card was - in "these" computers there were no devices for data recording onto an external memory ...
"Nothing," - thought Vanya, - " archives are public access institutions. Everyone has a right! I'll come again. I'll read and think."
Vanity and the memory of a photograph of him in a beautiful costume haunted him...
In additives, documents in itself were really the interesting... To find also photos (in archival funds) ... And the quite good book - the collection - can turn out...
Vanya left the office. The employee closed the office by a key and imperceptibly disappeared.
Vanya walked through the corridors. He tried to glance into some doors. None of the passengers of the minivan was not found.
Vanya went outside. Someone explained to him that the car had gone away long ago, and about the passengers has no data.
Vanya wandered down the street, a little. Probably, it was necessary to return to the estate.
Strangely, the return reminded him of the first visit to the estate.
Some time had even to go - by foot. (The stylish car outpaced Vanya. It seemed to Vanya that in the car he saw through a car glass of the great diplomat who is philosophically looking at the world).
The finishing part of a way managed to overcome with a garbage car. The driver kindly stopped. Vanya clapped himself on a pocket, showing that it has no money for journey payment. "Free of charge!" - the driver shouted. "Gratis! Grant! Without payment!" - Vanya thought, habitually .
He arrived late enough. The working day of the service staff finished. Vanya was placed on a folding bed in check-point.
It became clear in the morning that Vanya is guilty of own sluggishness. He did not manage to coordinate details of the placement with the head of literary association. And the chief is already in Africa. And a little later the boss will be in the Arctic...
It is necessary to resolve an issue of accommodation at the estate - later... Later... Later... Then... Then...
Vanya sighed and headed into the city. The tanned man wasn't seen.
Vanya saw in the window of the kiosk "Soyuzpechat" the book "The Volga-Don canal and the interconnected water bodies. A sensational collection of declassified documents. New facts from the history of the Don and Volga Cossacks".
The book was sealed in cellophane. Vanya knew from experience that it is necessary to spend the money borrowed in bank economically. Interesting book. But his book will be much more interesting. And with the honorarium he will acquire this book. And will pay off the debts. The money will be enough for the edition of own collected works.
Vanya saw the building of the Big Archive. The situation developed itself. Vanya came into the building. "The archive temporarily does not work. The computer system is broken...".
Vanya disappointedly sighed.
It was necessary to decide what to do further. Involuntarily there were thoughts of the chief of literary association and of the suntanned person: "Outstanding people! They were able to look forward! They understood the value of archival documents on the Volga-Don Canal and the interconnected reservoirs. The theme of a transport ways comes to the forefront. It now - is relevant. Books will go with a great success!".
Vanya vigorously walked down the street...
April 20, 2019 03:53
Translation from Russian into English: April 20, 2019 13:28.
Владимир Владимирович Залесский 'Рассказ как Ваня Жуков заинтересовался Волго-Донским водным путём'.