Two Soviet cosmonauts, Zhuchka, an iguana, a bird, and a creature named Charlik set off into weightless space to carry out a secret mission.
“When there is an explosion during takeoff, the rocket-shadow continues its path, the rocket-dead, the ghost spaceship, and they fly in it, or rather, with it, the werewolves of Baikonur… The ascent of the ghost rocket can even be seen through special glass… If, of course, there is special glass…”
A fantastic story about the collapse of the empire and the rebirth of the soul.