About the book: 2018 / The book by Klaus Holtzmann (Abram Holtzmann) examines in a popular form the reasons why a huge country - Russia - found itself drawn into a chain of experiments. The author defines the last experiment as the result of degeneration into the elite class of a socialist society. From this point of view, the failure of Russian reforms is explained. The book contains many references to literary sources and the press. The book is written in simple language and is intended for the general reader..