Zinoviev Alexander Alexandrovich is a famous Russian writer and philosopher, in the recent past a dissident, who lived for many years in the West, publishing a number of books there in which he harshly criticized the Soviet regime: “Yawning Heights”, “Communism as a Reality”, “Crisis” communism", "Russian destiny", "Russian experiment". His book about Stalin was also published there in the 70s. Where the author talks about his personal “complex attitude” towards the great leader. Briefly, its content and meaning can be defined as “love-hate.”