In Russian history, it seems, there is no person about whom as much is known as about Lenin. But this is a pure illusion, because in reality surprisingly little is known about Lenin. Too much was distorted, even more was hidden, too many facts could shed unexpected light on the personality of the “leader of the revolution”, and therefore were kept silent. Volkogonov’s book is of great interest to the modern reader, since in working on it the author, who had access to the super-secret party archives, used unique documents that are being presented to the reader for the first time...