Book of a Soviet defector who was the head of the currency department in the People's Commissariat of Finance. A number of essays about the Bolshevik figures met by the author. There is a description of the robbery of the contents of bank cells by the Bolsheviks., The former head of the foreign exchange department in the People's Commissariat of Finance. A number of essays about the Bolshevik figures met by the author. There is a description of the robbery of the contents of bank cells by the Bolsheviks. The book caused a lively response in the European press, as it touched on issues that until now were still very little known in Western Europe. The objectivity of the book was recognized by all critics without exception, and even the communist press did not question the veracity of the facts given in the book. What I offer the reader in this book is a number of episodes from my life in Soviet Russia, as well as from my Soviet service abroad. These episodes are true. I did not exaggerate anything, I did not paint the events in either dark or light paint. I gave up all blusher and whitewashed.