The twelve Chairs. Ilf I.A., Petrov E.P.

“Twelve chairs” (1928) - a novel written almost a century ago, still remains by ear. The story about how Ostap Bender, along with his “partner” Kisoy Vorobyaninov, is trying to find diamonds Madame Petukhova, hidden in one of 12 chairs of furniture headset, gained fame truly “folk classics”. The names of the heroes - charming adventurers - became household, and the novel itself divorced quotes, withstanding hundreds of successful reprints and translations into other languages. Prototypes, who is hiding behind the figure of Ostap Bender? Perhaps these riddles will remain so forever. In the meantime, "the meeting continues, gentlemen of the jurors"!