General K. Sakharov graduated from the Orenburg Cadet Corps, the Nikolaev Engineering School and the Academy of the General Staff. St. George cavalier, participated in the Russo-Japanese and World War I. He was arrested twice: the first time for participating in the Kornilov rebellion; the second time for trying to get into the Volunteer Army. After the second arrest, he fled. In the White movement, he made a brilliant career, the peak of which was the rank of lieutenant general and the post of commander of the Eastern Front. However, the attitude of the generals of White Siberia towards Sakharov was quite critical. He was even considered one of the main culprits of defeats at the front. K. Sakharov described the events in eastern Russia from the fall of 1918 to the spring of 1920. All of the above is the result of a personal experience.