For many years, Alexander Fadeev was not only a recognized classic of Soviet prose, but also a “literary general”, head of the Writers’ Union, and a conductor of party policy in the creative community. Today, if they remember him at all, it is only to reproach him for his lack of talent, for his involvement in repressions, for his complicated personal life and alcoholism, which allegedly became the reason for his suicide... Far Eastern writer Vasily Avchenko in his research reveals incompleteness and tendentiousness both versions of Fadeev’s biography - “Soviet” and “anti-Soviet”. He shows us the unexpected Fadeev: passionate, caring, generously and often in vain wasting his strength and his gift. A special place in the book is occupied by the native land of the hero and author - the Russian Far East, where, during the trials of the Civil War, Fadeev was formed as a person and as a writer. sign of information products 16 +