The Civil War is one of the most significant and tragic pages in the history of Russia. A century has passed, but her events are still of great interest and subject to various interpretations, and the biographies of her figures contain many white spots. The new book by Vyacheslav Bondarenko tells about the fate of five prominent military leaders of the White movement - S. L. Markov, M. G. Drozdovsky, V. Z. May-Mayevsky, N. E. Bredov and A. P. Kutepov. All periods of the history of the White Cause were associated with their names - from the creation of the Volunteer Army in December 1917 to the Crimean evacuation of November 1920 and the subsequent emigrant epic.