The novel by Pyotr Nikolaevich Krasnov (1869–1947), general, prose writer, publicist, representative of the first Russian emigration, “Understand - Forgive...,” tells about the fate of the Russian officer Fyodor Mikhailovich Kuskov, who loves his homeland, hates the Bolsheviks and is still forced to serve them . The lives of his family members, who were scattered throughout the world by the Russian disaster, are shaping up differently, but always dramatically. Krasnov gives his assessment of the events taking place in Russia, explaining the actions of the hero. The book also includes reviews from the emigrant press about the writer’s work