The collection offered to the attention of readers is dedicated to the personality and fate of N.I. Yezhov, the head of the NKVD, who implemented the bloodiest directives of Stalin. During the "Yezhovshchina" (1937-1938), the number of people shot was the largest in the entire Soviet era. The monograph explores the history of his activities, details the circumstances of his personal life, habits and sympathies.