Their names are known throughout the country today, but few people remember how they went down in history and what they did for their state. They were in the midst of civil strife and social upheaval, changing the course of history. Cities, streets and mountain peaks were named in their honor, monuments were erected to them, their victories were taught in schools, but they could not know that years later their biographies would be carefully edited, and all achievements would be consigned to oblivion. The heroes of the book are military leaders, government officials and party leaders whose destinies became a reflection of the era. Three Russian revolutions, the Civil War, the Great Terror, the Great Patriotic War, the Cold War, the era of stagnation - these complex and sometimes terrible events for the country run like red lines in the biographies of the “forgotten leaders”, shape their characters and explain many of their actions. These difficult times were not just the background of life for the characters in the book, they became their very life. The publishing layout of the book was saved in PDF A4 format.