A lot has been written about Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev, who ruled the country for exactly 18 years, in a variety of genres. However, the new book by the famous historian and writer Sergei Semanov will undoubtedly attract attention in this series of publications, first of all, for its originality. The author shows Brezhnev without falling, like some, into collecting dubious anecdotes. As sources objectively testify, Leonid Ilyich was a kind man who loved his Motherland and sought to give good to his people. And everything else is from the evil one. Now, on the ruins of the great Soviet Union, blown up from within, much in our ancient and especially recent history has become nakedly obvious. In particular, a high assessment of the activities of Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev, who ruled half the world for eighteen years - a huge period by modern standards! It is now clear that his “kingdom” for the simple Soviet worker, that is, for the vast majority of the people, was the most favorable time in the entire long-suffering 20th century. No wars, no revolutions. No hunger, no shocks. Life slowly, with interruptions, but improved... Isn’t it true that Brezhnev can be called the ruler of the “golden age”?