Another volume of the works of Roy and Zhores Medvedev made up of essays by Roy Medvedev about politicians, in different years were part of the inner circle of Stalin - Trotsky, Kamenev, Sverdlov, Molotov, Kaganovich, Mikoyan, Voroshilov, Malenkov, Suslov, Kalinin ... And even though the author believes that many people around Stalin were outstanding personalities or the great politicians, the new generation of Russians certainly should know the historical characters decades in power in the country, what methods have been done and how have been collapsed state and party careeres. A separate essay is dedicated to the family of Stalin.
