Revolutions in Russia were explained by the class struggle, the backwardness of the country, the weakness and miscalculations of the tsar. Recently discovered historical facts and documents present a completely different picture - the powerful and victorious Russian Empire was deliberately blown up by “fifth columns”, behind which stood the governments and intelligence services of Western powers. The new book of the famous writer-historian Valery Shambarov, “The Fifth Column and Nicholas II,” tells about unprecedented campaigns of slander against our country, still hidden secret operations, their perpetrators and customers.