About the book: 2011 / The earthly marathon of Mikhail Makarovich Sirota, the permanent director of the Molodezhnaya poultry farm, honored worker of agriculture, candidate of agricultural sciences, deputy of the State Duma, was tragically interrupted by the villainous hand. The result of memories, reflections and sorrowful thoughts about the life path of this extraordinary man was the book “Life as It Was,” written by his widow Valentina Borisovna Sirota.