This book is a continuation of V. Galin's series on the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the Civil War. The picture of the events of those days, described in previous books, will be incomplete and incomprehensible without studying another participant in the events, who was represented not so much by the armies as by his material and political power. His strength, thrown onto the scales of history, not only had a decisive influence on the entire course of the civil war, but also made it possible.