Shimon Peres twice became the Prime Minister of Israel, headed the Israeli Ministry of Defense, was Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Absorption, Transport and Communications, Finance, Foreign Affairs, Internal Affairs, etc., became the ninth president of the country and is 48 years old ( intermittently) was a member of the Knesset. Shimon Peres lived an incredible life, going from a boy from a Jewish shtetl to the patriarch of Israeli politics. He stood at the origins of the creation of the State of Israel, laid the foundations of its nuclear and aviation industries, supported projects in the field of nanotechnology, high-tech development and space exploration. This book is about leadership and becoming a leader in an extremely turbulent environment. When there is no time for balanced judgments, risks increase every hour, and decisions must be made in conditions of total uncertainty. Published in Russian for the first time.