About the book: 2021 / Dmitry Sergeevich Likhachev is a man whose name is known all over the world. An outstanding expert on Russian and pestilent culture, elected an honorary member of many foreign academies, a deep thinker and public figure. The book “How We Survived” includes the memoirs of Dmitry Sergeevich from different years, including piercing, sometimes merciless and painful observations about the life of Leningraders during the period blockade of the city. Against the backdrop of all the horrors of war, Likhachev reflects on the moral state of people in these difficult conditions. The second part of the book consists of “Letters about Good,” known throughout the world and translated into different languages. Dmitry Sergeevich himself wrote “In my book, I try to explain with the simplest arguments that following the path of goodness is the most acceptable and only path for a person.” The publishing layout is saved in PDF A4 format.