The story "The End of the Ataman" was written on the basis of documents on the defeat of the White Guard gangs of Ataman Dutov. The action takes place in Semirechye and behind the cordon - in Suidun in the early 20s. The heroes of the book are workers of the Cheka. The second story is "A Dangerous Task "... Late in the evening of the formidable nineteenth year, under the guise of fishermen, four red scouts on a small fish bowl secretly left Astrakhan. Their path is to the enemy's lair, to Rakushi, beyond the Dzhambai Bay, where Denikinites are in charge. Oil is what the young Soviet republic needs. And the enemy has oil. For this risky task, brave scouts sent S.M. Kirov, who was in charge of the defense of Astrakhan at that time. The story was based on the actual events of the Civil War.