The name of Colonel Roman Romanovich von Raupach (1870-1943) is completely unknown to a wide circle of Russian readers and will say little to most specialist historians. Nevertheless, this man, who played a key role in organizing the escape of General Lavr Kornilov from Bykhov prison in November 1917, Russia owes the emergence of the White movement and all the subsequent events of its difficult history. The book contains in many ways an unusual and independent view of the author on Russia, as well as an analysis of the reasons that led her to revolutionary changes at the beginning of the 20th century.