Canis Major

High in the mountains, almost disconnected from the outside world, an international team of astronomers lives in seclusion in an observatory. They do not immediately realize that a nightmare of civil war has come to the country that has given them shelter... The intertwined stories of representatives of three generations of men and women are connected by a common history - a Decembrist and the daughter of an old lighthouse keeper, a young naval officer of the Russian Empire and an elderly married couple, an artist and a charming Finnish girl... In search of a missing diary, a silent journalist, an energetic captain, and a strong-willed writer travel through the Caucasus and the Black Sea, getting involved in a complex and fascinating adventure... "The Constellation of the Hounds", "Northern Tale", and "Shining Clouds" - three stories by Paustovsky, very different in style but equally marked by a remarkable sense of language and vivid imagery of one of the most talented Russian writers of the 20th century.