The book includes materials telling about the activities of the Chairman of the III State Duma, Minister of War of the Provisional Government Alexander Ivanovich Guchkov (1862-1936). The publication of the transcript of conversations (1932-1933) by A. I. Guchkov with the Russian diplomat Nikolai Alexandrovich Bazili, participated along with Guchkov in drawing up the act on the abdication of Nicholas II from the throne during the February Revolution of 1917. Shorthand records reflect the participation of A. I. Guchkov in two Russian revolutions, his views on many events, portraits of political figures of the late XIX century. early 30s of the XX century.