diff --git a/examples/topic/basic_example.py b/examples/topic/basic_example.py
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+import argparse
+import asyncio
+import logging
+
+import ydb
+
+
+async def connect(endpoint: str, database: str) -> ydb.aio.Driver:
+    config = ydb.DriverConfig(endpoint=endpoint, database=database)
+    config.credentials = ydb.credentials_from_env_variables()
+    driver = ydb.aio.Driver(config)
+    await driver.wait(15)
+    return driver
+
+
+async def create_topic(driver: ydb.aio.Driver, topic: str, consumer: str):
+    try:
+        await driver.topic_client.drop_topic(topic)
+    except ydb.SchemeError:
+        pass
+
+    await driver.topic_client.create_topic(topic, consumers=[consumer])
+
+
+async def write_messages(driver: ydb.aio.Driver, topic: str):
+    async with driver.topic_client.writer(topic) as writer:
+        for i in range(10):
+            await writer.write(f"mess-{i}")
+            await asyncio.sleep(1)
+
+
+async def read_messages(driver: ydb.aio.Driver, topic: str, consumer: str):
+    async with driver.topic_client.reader(topic, consumer) as reader:
+        while True:
+            try:
+                mess = await asyncio.wait_for(reader.receive_message(), 5)
+                print()
+                print(mess.seqno)
+                print(mess.created_at)
+                print(mess.data.decode())
+                reader.commit(mess)
+            except asyncio.TimeoutError:
+                return
+
+
+async def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter,
+        description="""YDB topic basic example.\n""",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("-d", "--database", default="/local", help="Name of the database to use")
+    parser.add_argument("-e", "--endpoint", default="grpc://localhost:2136", help="Endpoint url to use")
+    parser.add_argument("-p", "--path", default="test-topic", help="Topic name")
+    parser.add_argument("-c", "--consumer", default="consumer", help="Consumer name")
+    parser.add_argument("-v", "--verbose", default=False, action="store_true")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-s",
+        "--skip-drop-and-create-topic",
+        default=False,
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Use existed topic, skip remove it and re-create",
+    )
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    if args.verbose:
+        logger = logging.getLogger("topicexample")
+        logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+        logger.addHandler(logging.StreamHandler())
+
+    driver = await connect(args.endpoint, args.database)
+    if not args.skip_drop_and_create_topic:
+        await create_topic(driver, args.path, args.consumer)
+
+    await asyncio.gather(
+        write_messages(driver, args.path),
+        read_messages(driver, args.path, args.consumer),
+    )
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    asyncio.run(main())