Snow fell on the streets of Moscow in 1920. People began to switch to sleighs pulled by horses, and they began to wear sheepskin coats, felt boots and warm gloves. The winter in Moscow turned out to be really cold, many people immediately fell ill with illnesses. You had only recently arrived in Moscow, but you already knew about a certain Professor Preobrazhensky, who was such a good surgeon that it seemed he could create a new man. On a late January day, you look up at the sky, noticing how wonderful the winter season really is. The opera performance ends and you see an obese man walking out of the opera house