Memoirs of Major General I.K. Kiriyenko is an interesting historical document showing the contradictions that torn apart the White movement and Russian military emigration. The release of this book caused a storm of indignation in the Russian diaspora, its author was branded as a liar, slanderer and traitor, and veterans of the Kornilovsky regiment even published a separate collection-response to Kiriyenko's slander, published in this edition as an appendix. The book pays great attention to the formation of the Volunteer Army and the first battles with the Bolsheviks, the relationship of white leaders and their role in the February Revolution.