This edition includes two sensational books of famous Western writers at one time: A. Gide "Return to the USSR" (1936, translated only in 1989) and L. Feuchtwanger "Moscow 1937." The comparison of these actually polemicizing works with each other is of some interest: after all, we are dealing with the testimonies of authoritative and talented people, with their impressions of the events of a difficult and contradictory period in the life of our country. The famous journalist A. Plutnik reflects on the peculiarities and history of the creation of these books, on the positions of their authors in the preface. The publication is illustrated with rare photographs, designed for the general reader.