“...Yakov Saulovich smiled at his memories with the smile of a three-year-old child and looked affectionately into the face of Grigory Evseevich. He could not look at Zinoviev unkindly, because this pompous and arrogant type, whose power over people once seemed unshakable and limitless, managed to lose this power and fall into complete insignificance. His main mistake, or better yet, crime, was that he did not spread the Red Terror in time and space, limiting himself to several hundred representatives of the once high society of St. Petersburg. But he had opportunities for dissemination, there were people for this, the moment fully corresponded to the spirit and needs of the time, but cowardice prevailed, and the moment was missed. Agranov could not look at Zinoviev unkindly also because he was now in his hands, he could take revenge on him for his cowardice, indecision and stupidity, thanks to which Stalin came to power, putting everyone, and most of all the Jews, in an ambiguous position. Now you can play with your victim, show acting and whatever you want in order to fully enjoy the horror that embraces the insignificant soul of the former ruler of Petrograd and its environs...”