This museum class connects the history of Russia in the 20th century with the literature that subtly captured the pulse of the time and major social shifts. Participants will try to understand why the USSR was called the most reading country, how writers became the voices of a generation, and how books help to see beyond the era of living people who experienced changes. This class offers a look at the history of the 20th century through literature. It is in books and poems that the anxieties, hopes, conflicts, and searches that filled the century of radical changes are particularly felt. One of the key questions of the program is why the Soviet Union turned out to be the most reading country in the world and how the profession of a writer gained such weight in public life. For teenagers, this is especially interesting: it helps to understand why literature was once not just a form of art, but the most important way to talk about time, power, society, and the future. Where to go with children in Yekaterinburg can be found on KudaGo.