Lee Kuan Yew is the first Prime Minister of Singapore, the creator of the “Singapore Economic Miracle”. Under his leadership, Singapore has transformed from a poor third world country into one of the richest and most developed countries. Who makes history? Masses or individuals? When it comes to Lee Kuan Yew, the first Prime Minister of Singapore, such a question does not even arise. Because it was this man who managed the almost impossible - to defeat corruption, inter-ethnic and inter-religious tensions, to raise the economy, which was in ruins, to the highest level with the help of successfully carried out modernization. So who is he - a politician who was admired by Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger, with whom dreamed of meeting such different people as Barack Obama and Xi Jinping? How did he manage to create the unparalleled “Singapore miracle”? And is it possible to repeat his brilliant experience in another country?..