Georgy Vladimirovich Vernadsky (1887-1973) - an outstanding Russian historian, son of V.I. Vernadsky, student of V.O. Klyuchevsky, S.F. Platonov, A.A. Kizevetger, R.Yu. Winner. He emigrated from Russia in 1920. Professor at Yale University, lectured at Harvard, Columbia, Chicago universities. In the USA and Europe, it is recognized as the largest specialist in Russian history. The book "Lenin - the Red Dictator" was published in the United States in 1931 in English. It presents Vernadsky's objective view of the role of V.I. Lenin in the history of the development of our state, the view of a scientist who is not subject to political aspirations. It is published in Russian for the first time.