“...The theme of love has always been very close to Gorky; he was a man who fell in love easily, who knew how to love, and who knew how to leave beloved women. And he wrote two wonderful stories about love that are nothing alike. On ‘Radio Russia. Culture,’ we decided to combine ‘The Story of Unrequited Love’ and ‘The Story of First Love.’ These forgotten stories were read by the young actor of the Mayakovsky Theater Anton Khabarov...’
— Vitaly Vulf