Repressions in Russia in the 20-30s of the twentieth century, which extinguished spiritually and ruined economically the Russian state - the world leader, are still being analyzed. Supporters of Leon Trotsky, of whom there are thousands of thousands around the world, argue that Russia would have suffered less evil if it had not been headed by Stalin, but by Trotsky. This book, based on documents, recalls who initiated the terror, genocide of the free-loving Cossacks, the founder of the first concentration camps in Murom and Arzamas, the introduction of Latvian foreign detachments at the fronts, the massive use of hostage-taking - the arrest of children, wives, parents of officers of the tsarist army. All this subsequently legalized the murder of millions of citizens.