Book of R. Conquest "The Great Terror" is an impressive study of the period of Stalinist repressions of the 30s of the XX century in its thoroughness and professionalism. With the help of scientific sources, written testimonies of eyewitnesses and victims of terror, documents of that era, the author sheds light on one of the most hushed up periods in the history of the USSR. The view of the Western researcher on the course of events is especially interesting also because it is an unbiased view from the outside. And the analysis of terror as a phenomenon presented in the book will certainly become the basis for new studies of modern Ukrainian historians. For scientists, student youth, a wide range of readers.