For modern people, the civil war in Russia is distant history. This book is a reminder of those harsh years. It contains two stories. One story, “Whirlpool of Fate,” tells how Matvey Vasiliev survived one year together with the well-known Romanov family, the other, “Platon and Daria,” tells how the love of Platon Perelygin and Daria Chernavina was subjected to severe tests during the civil war.