About the book: 2017 / Writer Alexandra Ivanovna Sokolova (1833 - 1914), mother of the famous journalist Vlas Doroshevich, has seen a lot in her lifetime - from high society salons to Moscow slums In her lively and entertainingly written memoirs, she talks about various episodes of her life: studying at the Smolny Institute, meetings with Nicholas I, M. N. Katkov, A. F. Pisemsky, L. A. Mey, P. I. Tchaikovsky, N. G. Rubinstein and others, cooperation in Moscow newspapers (“Moskovskie Vedomosti”, “Russian Vedomosti”, “Moskovsky Leaflet”), about Moscow life and criminal stories of the second half of the 19th century.