The books were written on the eve of the 100th anniversary of the black anniversary of the massacre in Russia. The author tried to comprehend the concepts of revolutions and civil wars associated with them, which inevitably lead to the collapse of the previous statehood. With concrete examples, he shows that the indispensable companions of civil mistakes - economic chaos, hunger, cold, homelessness generate incredible cruelty and lead to the military-political collapse of the country.