The artistic and political novel “Chords of Obscurantism” tells the story of a difficult period in the history of Russia. Heroes—historical figures with a dark, controversial past—planned to change the world through a violent coup in a single country with the prospect of, relying on the proletariat, establishing a communist paradise by force of arms in the rest of the world. How they did it, what techniques they used, is described in detail in this book. The author, relying on archival data, on the modest memories of older people and, most importantly, on his creative imagination, drew portraits of those whom the people of Russia considered great people, and the god Ulyanov-Blank as a genius of all nations. The author tried to tear off the mask of lies from the exaggerated genius and was horrified The value of this book is that, to date, there is no similar work in world literature. The author does not claim to be an accurate historical fact, and he did not set such a goal for himself. What boots Lenin wore, where he turned, which direction he looked, whether he kissed his common-law wife Inessa Armand on the elbow is not so important. It is important that he drenched Mother Russia in blood, destroyed its economy, expelled the intelligentsia, razed hundreds of thousands of churches from the face of the earth, tried to deprive the pious people of Russia of their faith, and he almost succeeded. Among the Gopniks he became an earthly god, among the Russian people - the genius of all nations. This time the cover was proposed by the publishing house