The author, who has repeatedly met and talked with Joseph Stalin, tries to shed light on past events and recreates a comprehensive portrait of Stalin's personality as an iconic figure in world history and an extremely controversial person. The book contains many little-known facts from the life of Stalin and his entourage, portraits of famous historical figures. I tried in the proposed book to state the facts as accurately as possible. And if, despite everything, she is not free from my current views, then this is not a consequence of my evil will or partiality of the wrestler, but most likely - the mentioned property of memory itself and attempts to highlight past meetings and events, taking into account today's experience.