The book by the world-famous writer, sociologist, philosopher Alexander Zinoviev is a unique portrait of Russia at a turning point in its modern development, from the mid-80s of the last century to the present day. The author, in a journalistic form accessible to a wide range of readers, reveals the objective and subjective reasons for the collapse of Soviet communism, the consequences of the victory of the West and the Westernization of humanity, and the anti-communist revolution in Russia. Analyzes the post-communist social organization in Russia, the process of globalization, the place and prospects of Russia in this process. All of these are phenomena of the great evolutionary turning point in the history of mankind, which clearly manifested itself at the end of the past - the beginning of this century.