The new book by the famous journalist, researcher of the traditions and history of the “unofficial” Russian stage Maxim Kravchinsky is devoted to the completely unexplored topic of using song as an ideological weapon in the fight against Soviet power - emigration, external and internal, political and military opponents of Soviet Russia. “Along with rock music, noticeable aesthetic and moral damage is caused to Soviet citizens by thieves’ lyrics, anti-Soviet stuff from the repertoire of emigrant ensembles, as well as the wretched creations of false bards... A special manual for masters of ideological sabotage says bluntly: “Music is a means of psychological warfare”..." - This is what the reader was taught by the publication “Ideological Struggle: Questions and Answers” (1987). For the reader, this book is a guide to the musical terra incognita. Under the melodies of evil White Guard ditties from the Civil War, anti-Soviet songs, bravura marches of defectors from the Great Patriotic War, romances by Yuri Morfessi and couplets by Pyotr Leshchenko, songs of the Gulag performed by artists of the “third wave” and accusatory ballads of Galich, the reader will have to understand how, when and why the song became a dangerous propaganda tool. Like all projects in the “Russian Chansonniers” series, the book is accompanied by a gift CD with unique archival recordings from the arsenal of “musical saboteurs” from different eras.