Ivan Fedorovich Nazhivin (1874-1940) is one of the most interesting writers of our century. Starting with “Tolstoyism”, he experienced “freedom, equality and brotherhood” from his own experience, tasted the fruits of the storm in the preparation of which he took part, saw the “truth” of the whites and reds, while in exile he created a number of historical novels, trying to comprehend the origins of what he saw firsthand.