The name of Pyotr Nikolaevich Krasnov (1869–1947) is still pronounced with great respect by many today. A military general, a veteran of three wars, a true patriot of his Motherland - he did not completely betray his convictions and principles. And when he had to hang his trusty saber on the wall, Pyotr Nikolaevich found another, no less powerful weapon for the fight - the word. The novel “The White Scroll” can be called a kind of key to Krasnov’s entire work, it “... is like a dream, a fiction built on facts , on the former, existing and existing...". White Scroll is the alter ego of Krasnov himself, who devoted his entire life to one day hearing: “Mr. Ataman, when do you order us to begin?..”