The sign of information products 16+ Ever since the 20th Congress, the logic of the Brazilian series began, and in the 90s it was finally entrenched in the approach to Soviet history. Everything is laid out according to these simple coordinates. The social programs of the state come down to economics, economics to politics, and politics to the relationships of standard characters: a despotic father, faithful servants, obedient and disobedient sons and daughters, a militant uncle who died in opposition to the tyrant, and the inevitable innocent sufferer. And then they came to the fore. and Marshal Tukhachevsky and his comrades, executed in 1937, became entrenched as the main sufferers of the era. There was little incriminating evidence on them, military uniform suits men, looks good and women like it. A languid handsome man, a handsome prince from the dreams of a lady of Balzac's age, and, moreover, innocently tortured - what else is needed for a successful PR campaign? So who was the “red Bonaparte”? Innocent martyr or villainous spy and conspirator? In a new book, author and famous historian Elena Prudnikova reveals the secrets of Marshal Tukhachevsky.