The name of the last head of foreign intelligence of the USSR, Leonid Vladimirovich Shebarshin, became a legend during his lifetime. In this book, friends and colleagues talk about the life of a brave intelligence officer who went through a long and glorious path from an operative in foreign stations to the head of the First Main Directorate of the KGB of the USSR. Lieutenant General Shebarshin headed foreign intelligence during the most difficult period for the country, when, as a result of the erroneous and sometimes treacherous policies of the Soviet leadership, the collapse of the country was allowed: with the help of external and internal enemies, the Soviet Union was living out its last days. General Shebarshin had the opportunity to experience the tragedy of the country to which he devoted his entire life.