This issue is a natural part of the year’s program dedicated to the 70-th anniversary of our magazine. The authors of this issue are from Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, Uzbekistan and other countries — participants of CIS. Our purpose always is to restore and consolidate international creative connections and to make our readers acquainted with the diversity of the modern artistic search. To be sure this purpose will remain of paramount importance for all our future publications too both in fiction, non-fiction, poetry and criticism.