The article is devoted to analysis of V.m. Shukshin stories cycle, 1966-1968, created as a direct response to the fiftieth anniversary of the great October priblizhavsheesja. Stories "Miles sorry, Madam!", "rain", "Zarevoj Nylon herringbone", "Inadvertent shot", "hunting", "Drunk" by Yefim Operation marked a single manner of narration and represent the author's cycle, who expressed ideas about the essence of the people's national character and its evolution under the influence of the events of the first half of the 20th century. Consideration is also being given to the tale-tale "point of view", a curious fact that it can be distinctly seen art Toolkit, a writer more organically used in commemorative poem cycle.