The fourth volume of Benedict Sarnov's book "Stalin and the Writers," as conceived by the author, should be the final one. It consists of four chapters: "Stalin and Babel," "Stalin and Fadeev," "Stalin and Erdman," and "Stalin and Simonov." Two heroes of this book, who have already appeared on its pages more than once - Fadeev and Simonov - unlike all its other characters, were Stalin's favorites. In this volume, two large chapters are devoted to them, which detail how this Stalinist love turned out for each of them. Concludes a short author's afterword summarizing the entire book, all four of its volumes.