The basis of the book is the life and work of one of Stalin's closest associates, a brilliant orator, a favorite of the party - Sergei Mironovich Kirov, whose tragic death has added to the list of mysteries of the century. He would have turned 115 this year. The author on a huge factual material, from the closed archives of the country, reveals the main stages of the formation of this outstanding personality, shows the strengths and weaknesses of his character. The book, written in the polemical genre, exposes myths, legends that developed about Kirov after his death, attempts to exaggerate his role in the events of those years. A new, unknown Kirov will appear before the reader.