About the book: 1921 / The book is dedicated to the beginning of the civil war in Russia. The author, from the position of a professional military man, describes the struggle of political forces in the country from mid-1917 until the summer of next year. Giving vivid portraits of the main participants in those events, he shows the inevitability of the preparation of a counter-revolutionary coup, talks about the role of the generals, the new revolutionary upsurge in the country, the beginning of the “white movement” and the struggle of the Volunteer Army in the south of Russia.