In this book A.I. Denikin talks about the events of January 1919 - October 1920. At this time, the last period of his leadership of the Armed Forces of the South of Russia. On the pages of the book, the author recalls the difficulties that arose before the command of the White Army, the Cossack question, the Makhnovshchina, the South Russian government, the Novorossiysk evacuation and the transfer of command to P.N. Wrangel.