Lenya Bobrov, Kokushkino and Ward No. 6. A story

Lenya Bobrov, Kokushkino and Ward No. 6. A story.


The ship sailed along the Volga somewhere in the Kazan region.

Lenya remembered VIadimir Lenin and his mother's attempt to turn Volodya into a respectable estate owner and landowner in the village of Kokushkino (1887 - 1888).

However, various news spoiled Lenya's mood.

Hackers have taken over a site and are demanding a ransom to restore access! They threaten to publish the list of employees! But what about the digital economy? May be, hackers will capture her in whole, at some point, along with all Internet resources?!

Bad news from the mines! But we have not yet switched to a high-tech path of development. Tens of millions of high-tech jobs and the lowering the retirement age are all just a projects. Therefore, mines - they are important ...

Kazakhstan held a referendum and curtailed the powers of the president...

The Red Cross visits POWs, but where is the information on those visits?

Fears were piling up.

Lenya found out the location of the ship (according to satellite data), determined where the nearest bridges were located further along the route, compiled a list of them (with geographical coordinates) and headed to the ship's Command Post.

This will help the captain not run into the shore or the bridge supports!

The employee in the ship's Command Post, greeted Lenya cordially, took a list of bridges and wished him a good river holiday.

Lenya went on deck and filled his lungs with fresh river air.

Somewhere high in the sky, a large plane was flying back and forth. Probably, a serious person is flying, he is reflecting about something?

The plane flew off towards the Caspian Sea, and an announcement was made over the loudspeaker about an unscheduled stop of the ship.

A song sounded on the pier - clearly a new creative work - built on the rhyming words "Scarlett Johansson" and "goes to Kherson."

But there was no time to listen to the song.

It turned out that the ship made a cultural stop in the interests of passengers - to meet with the writer.

Everyone went to the dining room.

There, also, came a writer who looked like Dr. Chekhov, with two prominent literary secretaries.

The writer proposed for discussion the story by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov "Ward No. 6".

The writer attentively and benevolently looked at the passengers, participants in the literary discussion, including Lenya.

The floor is given to Lenya. He must speak his mind.

Lenya expressed doubt: may be the discussion in itself a hidden appeal? Now appeals oh how are  dangerous! It is necessary to punish them mercilessly and, if possible, in a simplified manner. Maria Alexandrovna, Volodya's mother, wanted to make him a respectable estate owner and landowner, and he read Chekhov's "Ward No. 6" and became the leader of a political party, politician and statesman! The discussion of "Ward No. 6" is, perhaps, a hidden appeal.

The writer kindly and attentively looked at Lenya, and asked Lenya if he would like to become an assistant to any parliamentarian - the writer has connections through an assistant on issues of culture and through writers close to deputy spheres.

- I have already worked as a teacher! Enough! Now I'm a cultural figure! I demand the State Prize and Order! Inform the tops! - Lenya proudly declared.

The writer made notes in the workbooks.

An admiring rumble swept through the audience: he began to write a new story ...

After some time, the end of the meeting was announced.

The writer with two hefty literary secretaries returned back to the shore.

The ship continued the sailing.

Negative news turned into positive.

It seems that thanks to the protest of the Attorney General, the arrest was lifted from the plane in Ceylon!

Lenya's mood began to change.

He started writing a song.

Initial rhymes: “Sobchak” - “Krasny Mayak”, “Lenin” - “Benin” ... Lenya especially liked the rhyming of “Alain Delon” and “Toulon”.

Replace "Tulon" with "Don" - and everything is in order.

Seagulls flew over the ship, and the Volga waves rustled overboard ... Once upon a time, Lenin also liked to look at the Volga, but now it is not the right time to remember this ...


June 6, 2022 13:55


Translation from Russian into English: June 6, 2022 14:38.
Владимир Владимирович Залесский “Лёня Бобров, Кокушкино и Палата номер 6. Рассказ”.

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