From the author's preface: "Many books have been written about Stalin, they could make up a library. However, interest in him and his deeds continues unabated. This is understandable: people want to look at the very bottom of the terrible abyss where they tried to push them. Someone studies the history of world wars, someone uses the experience of the revolution in their activities. It seems to me more important to study the history of the counter-revolution. The experience of the counter-revolution carried out by Stalin is more instructive.