The book is based on a series of programs dedicated to Khrushchev on the Ekho Moskvy radio station. A colossal amount of information has been collected about those times, absolutely polar opinions about "dear Nikita Sergeevich" have been analyzed. Khrushchev was in power for only eleven years, but these years became a whole era in the history of the USSR. The so-called Khrushchev "thaw" managed to change the consciousness of people and the appearance of the country, but it also gave rise to many legends. Myths, facts, investigations and revelations are in the most subjective, but paradoxically not the most objective book.