The reader knows the books of B.A. Borisov "The Feat of Sevastopol," "Notes of the Secretary of the City Committee" and some others. Their author is the former first secretary of the city party committee in Sevastopol, chairman of the city defense committee in 1941-1942, later secretary of the city committee in Ivanovo, Vladivostok, Vladimir, awarded the Order of Lenin and the Order of the Red Banner, many medals; now a personal pensioner, retired captain II rank, honorary citizen of the hero city of Sevastopol. In his book "School of Life," he reunites disparate memories, introduces new episodes of the Civil War period, the 20s and 30s. Before us is the formation of a party worker from a Komsomol member - a fighter of the food detachment to the head of large city party organizations.