This book is dedicated to the unknown pages of the vital activity of the most secret leader of the Soviet state and the chairman of the KGB of the USSR. She introduces the public to the assessments of his personality by Western Kremlinologists and C.I.A. experts. The book reveals the content of Andropov's Special Folder, which made it possible for the first time to publicize many previously secret documents from the Central Archive of the FSB of Russia, show how the restructuring of the Chekist work was carried out in those years and what lessons the younger generation of Russian special services can learn from the KGB's experience in protecting the national security interests of our country.