The history of the 20th century was rewritten more than once, and therefore it is still not easy to understand the question of the role of the individual in history.• Who determined the course of historical events and decided the fate of the country's inhabitants?• Who was an outstanding leader and who was a “bloody tyrant” ?• What circumstances, social forces and personal qualities brought them to the historical stage? Historian Armen Gasparyan, political scientist Dmitry Kulikov and Vesti FM radio host Gia Saralidze talk about leaders, the attitude towards whom in our country remains difficult. Vladimir Lenin - a great leader or a great manipulator? Felix Dzerzhinsky - a faithful knight of the revolution or a cold-blooded executioner? Is Mikhail Suslov a snob or the main defender of party ideology? Read about this and much more in the book “Leaders and Leaders. How was it?”