The Tale of Hodja Nasreddin: The Disturber of Peace

Plutov’s novel “Container of Calm” (1940) is the first part of the dilogy about the Hodge Nasruddin, which occupies an honorable place in the treasury of Russian literature. The adventures of a cheerful, cunning tramp, a hero of many jokes, parables, fairy tales, have long gained worldwide fame. Khoja Na-Sreddin at the zenith of his glory returns to Bukhara. He is acute on his tongue and flexible with his mind, he loves ordinary people and hates injustice. No wonder the rulers tremble from his name. But in his hometown, a calm life does not wait for him: here the greedy and stupid guardians of order - villains and scoundrels who hid behind the broad back of the law are wielding with might and main