On the facade of the hostel № 10 along the street Zorge in the Kirov district of Novosibirsk can see the portrait of the guy in mourning frame with the inscription: “Chestnut, you will always be with us.” A funeral graffiti appeared on Zatulinki in two thousand. And now around the identity of this mysterious Chestnut a lot of rumors — some say that he was a criminal authority and it was set on fire together with the machine, others claim that he was a drug addict and died in an accident, fleeing from police. There is even a version about the hero of Chechnya and coach children’s football team. Crime journalist NGS Alyona Istomina found relatives and friends of the Chestnut, who died in 2008, and learned the true story of Ivan Kashtanova.
