The new book by the famous Ukrainian statesman and public figure N.Ya. Azarov is an acute emotional response to the most pressing problems of domestic and international politics and economy. But we are facing not only criticism of the situation in which the country found itself under the leadership of the current government, but a serious analysis of the current situation, its causes and prospects for the future, taking into account the objective significance of the October Revolution, collectivization, World War II and post-war history. The author conducts a conversation with the reader with numbers and facts in his hands, paying special attention to the current state of affairs, considering Ukraine as an integral part of a single cultural, economic and political space with Russia.