So, the diary of a faithful ally of Joseph Stalin. Kaleidoscope of events in which he was a participant.... The death of the fathers of the October Revolution, the camera where the half-mad Bukharin composes his letters to Kobe, folk amusements during the days of terror - a football match on Red Square and, finally, the Munich conspiracy, the collapse of Poland, Stalin's meeting with Hitler... And the camp hell, where kind Koba still sent his old friend