In his book, the historian A.V. Shubin offers the reader a comprehensive picture of the events of 1918, which became the time of the outbreak of a large-scale civil war that split our country into warring parts. Analyzing in detail the situation in the spring of 1918, the author finds out the reasons for the outbreak of this war. The reader will have the opportunity to get acquainted not only with the course of hostilities, but also with life on opposite sides of the front, with the dramatic events of conspiracies and uprisings, the motives and circumstances of the actions of such bright personalities as Lenin, Trotsky, Shaumyan, Spiridonova, Chernov, Savinkov, Denikin, Kolchak and many others. The events of a century ago, which this book tells about, left a legacy to the country of lessons that are of lasting importance.