The book of Colonel, Candidate of Military Sciences Yu.B. Ripenko is dedicated to the bright fate of the Chief Marshal of Artillery, Hero of the Soviet Union Sergei Sergeevich Varentsov, who has been unjustly forgotten now. His life included a triumphant ascent through the ranks, and the heights of the art of managing large masses of artillery during the Great Patriotic War, and a significant contribution to the post-war formation of missile forces and artillery equipped with nuclear weapons, and the dramatic time of undeserved disgrace.