Before you is a sensational journalistic investigation of the famous St. Petersburg journalist Elena Prudnikova, author of the sensational books Double Conspiracy and Stalin: The Second Murder. The author is trying to indicate the true role and significance of Lavrenty Beria, a man who, through the efforts of the rulers who came after him, was deleted from Soviet history. The book in a completely new light presents the history of the USSR, from the mid-30s to the mid-50s of the XX century.