The new book of the famous scientist, publicist, People's Deputy of the USSR F. M. Burlatsky is not entirely common. These are the judgments and memoirs of a person who participated in the political life of the country for many years, when the activities of N. S. Khrushchev, Yu. V. Andropov, other party and state leaders, as well as their advisers proceeded. Expressing his own opinion about serious practical actions, about the implemented and unrealized ideas of the 60s, the author also reveals the secrets of the "corridors of power," where he himself happened to be.