The author is a prominent Russian and Soviet military leader. The most important successes of the Russian army in the First World War are associated with his name. A.A. Brusilov tells in his memoirs about his service in the Russian army, participation in the Russian-Turkish war, the most important events on the fronts of the struggle against Kaiser Germany, when he led the army and troops of the Southwestern Front, in particular, about the operation that went down in history called "Brusilovsky breakthrough."