The book, based on new documentary material, highlights the stages of the struggle of the Chilean people for the unity of democratic and anti-imperialist forces, which culminated in the victory in the presidential election on September 4, 1970 of the candidate of the bloc of political parties of Popular Unity Salvador Allende and the creation of a popular government. The author shows the creative activity of the government of S. Allende, analyzes the internal and external aspects of the counter-revolutionary fascist coup. Particular attention is paid to the international significance of the experience of the Chilean revolution.