Russia is rediscovering Stalin, but it’s time to rediscover Lenin too. Having led Russia in the most difficult times, Lenin turned out to be its Savior, shedding blood “for his friends”... Then he became the Creator of a new Russia, new social laws and relations, new feelings, new ideas and new people. His ability to foresee and create a smart future is important for us even now. Today, Ukraine, in a fit of social paranoia, is toppling monuments to Lenin and thereby programming its terrible tragedy. But Lenin is not only worthy of all those pedestals on which he stands in thousands of squares, he is worthy of even more - understanding. And in order to understand Lenin, you don’t need to delve into closed archives - just read him. Lenin's letters, as well as notes and telegrams from the post-revolutionary years, occupy ten volumes, and this is the most accurate information about Lenin, as are the forty-five volumes of his works. They themselves debunk the myth of the notorious sealed carriage and other vile myths. From the pages of the book by Sergei Kremlev, who widely gives the floor to Vladimir Ilyich himself, an unexpected and multifaceted Lenin emerges: a humanist thinker and a witty politician, a leader and a romantic, a tough manager and a brilliant athlete ... But, above all, he is a brilliant initiator of Russia’s movement towards power and prosperity. After October 1917, Lenin became inconvenient for the Bolshevik elite - Trotsky, Zinoviev, Kamenev, Bukharin... Only Stalin was devoted to him, he saw in Lenin a leader - a guarantor of new successes. And Sergei Kremlev dwells separately on the mystery of the last days of Lenin, who passed away so early and strangely. This book, which is useful to read for everyone who is not indifferent to the fate of Russia, is a genuine breakthrough in the coverage of Lenin’s theme.