Joseph Vissarionovich didn’t believe in science fiction. All these dreamers, idealists—Jules Verne, Wells, Belyaev—only distracted working people from the urgent tasks of socialist construction. And yet the most real kind of fantasy—time travel—turned out to be reality. Moreover, it was useful for the USSR! Only thanks to a time traveler was it possible to foil the German-fascist blitzkrieg of 1941. Joseph Vissarionovich held deep respect for Vitaly Dubinin—a man from the future, who saved the Motherland at the cost of his own well-being—and was ready to meet him in person, but the road to the Leader turned out to be difficult…