This book is a classic of practical political thought. Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev led the Soviet Union for 18 years at the time of its greatest power. And, dying. “surrendered the country”, which extended its influence over half the world. Perhaps no one in the history of Russia - neither before nor after Brezhnev - managed to repeat this. The attentive reader will see what priorities Brezhnev was guided by: socialism, increasing living standards, the development of science and a rational worldview, a reasonable foreign policy when the Soviet Union concluded treaties and with allies and with opponents “from positions of strength.” And Russia is still living through the capital of the Brezhnev era - both as an energy superpower and as a country with modern weapons.