For the first time, the book brings together the main works of F.F. Raskolnikov, revealing the multifaceted personality of a passionate Bolshevik-Leninist. A party member since 1910, a hero of the October Revolution and the Civil War, later a diplomat, F.F. Raskolnikov (January 28, 1892, St. Petersburg - September 12, 1939, Nice, France) was also a talented writer. In his memoirs, journalistic speeches, letters, the historical events in which he participated are vividly drawn. He vividly and accurately tells about many political figures - V. I. Lenin, Ya.M. Sverdlov, I. V. Stalin, M. M. Litvinov, L. B. Kamenev and others. The collection is complemented by the memoirs of Raskolnikov's mother and his widow.