Valera Turbo.

Kazan, 1989. Life was completely different: everyone knew everyone in the courtyards, groups would gather there in the evenings, and many adults lived paycheck to paycheck. Young people tried to stick to their own kind—it was safer that way. The city had street gangs: each had its own neighborhood, its own rules, and its own "lads." One of the most notorious was "Universam. "Eighteen-year-old Valera Turkin—Turbo to his friends—was a member of "Universam." He was abrupt, rude, and brash, easily provoked, and not always able to stop when something angered him. But behind all this aggression, a completely different Valera sometimes emerged—one capable of helping his own people and unexpectedly acting kindly. Recently, Turbo was especially short of money. One day, he decided the easiest way would be to find someone to rent a room from him. Valera's apartment was small, but there were plenty of rooms, so he decided to look for a roommate. The first to find out about this was his friend Vakhit, whom everyone called Winter. “Do you really need someone?” asked Winter, standing at the entrance. “I do. Just a normal person, not someone who’ll trash my entire apartment,” muttered Turbo. “There’s a girl. She needs an apartment urgently. She seems calm.” “I especially like the ‘seemingly’ girl,” Valera chuckled. “Okay, lead the way. ” After a while, Winter arrived with the girl. She seemed quiet, sweet, and well-mannered. She briefly explained that she had nowhere to live and was willing to pay for a room. Turbo looked at her silently for a few seconds, then nodded. “The room is yours. Pay on time, and we’ll live normally.” “Okay,” she replied. “And one more thing. Each of you has your own room. Don’t enter mine without asking.” “Agreed. ” And so they began living together. Luckily, each of them had their own room, so at first they hardly crossed paths. But Turbo had no idea how quickly his usual life would change because of his new neighbor.