Many heroes of this book showed the world the best examples of perfection and passionarity. They weren't just keeping up with the times, they were often ahead of him. Therefore, it is not surprising that some of them had to wait in the wings in not the most comfortable conditions. It was precisely such lawyers with dramatic and interesting destinies, brilliant and bright, who, through ups and downs, gained the right to be inscribed in the tablets of the annals of the Fatherland, chose and described the author in this work. The book of documentary, fictionalized essays was written on the basis of rare archival and other inaccessible documents that the author studied for many years, as well as on the basis of his personal meetings, conversations and recollections of participants in the events.