The book by A. Ikonnikov-Galitsky is about generals, officers and soldiers, participants in the First World War, who in the future would become famous heroes of the Civil War, leaders and military commanders of the Red and White armies. In their images, many of which have become textbook or odious, the author reveals new, unexpected and paradoxical features, introduces the reader to unknown pages of their military biographies, woven into the events of the First World War.