The memoirs of Baroness Vera Nikolaevna Edler von Rennenkampf, the wife of the cavalry general, Adjutant General Pavel Karlovich von Rennenkampf, are published for the first time. The central place in them is occupied by the biography of her husband, an Estonian native, a very extraordinary, bright personality, especially popular during the era of the Russo-Japanese War and on the eve of the First World War. Particular attention in the memoirs is paid to the life conflicts and family ties of the general, his service activities in various posts in the Russian army and the circumstances of his tragic death. The story is set against the backdrop of historical events such as the suppression of the Boxer Rebellion in China, the Russo-Japanese War, the Revolution of 1905–1907, World War I, the February and October Revolutions of 1917, and the Civil War. The author writes about her activities as a sister of mercy, trustee of a school for officers' children and a philanthropist. The reader is presented with a gallery of famous contemporaries of V.N. von Rennenkampf and historical figures, among them Nicholas II, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, Maria Fedorovna, Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich, A.I. Guchkov, V.A. Sukhomlinov, N.A. Epanchin, V.V. Biskupsky, A.V. Samsonov, N.V. Ruzsky, collectors I.Kh. Kolodeev, A.V. Vereshchagin and others.