2008 marks the 90th anniversary of the beginning of the Cossack genocide. In 1918, at the initiative of Yakov Sverdlov, the communist regime began to implement plans for the so-called "excavation," which caused an uprising of the Don Cossacks against Soviet power. In this struggle, the Cossacks suffered incalculable sacrifices. About how the Don Cossacks fought against the Red Terror - a book by Major General I. A. Polyakov, chief of staff of the Don armies, a direct participant in the tragic events on the Don during the Civil War.