In order for the mechanism of a public machine to rotate without a creak, it is necessary to get rid of the garbage that gets inside in time. There is a question for the authorities :..... [ and are not those who cannot be called full members of society, terminally ill and street children, disabled, lonely pensioners, garbage for the restored Empire? Shouldn't they be removed from the mechanism in the name of progress and the welfare of socially full citizens?. [ . But not everyone agrees with the government’s view. About their struggle against the monstrous project tells the novel by Vladislav Krapivin “Ampul Green” This volume also includes the story “String and Chandelier”, the autobiographical “Krapivinsky Calendar” and the author’s comments on all the books published in this collection ..