About the book: 2010 / He was one of the most famous commanders of the 20-30s of the XX century, the hero of Kakhovka and Perekop, the first holder of the Orders of the Red Banner and the Red Star , one of the first Marshals of the Soviet Union. During his lifetime, legends, poems and songs were written about him, but the marshal’s stellar fate had an inglorious and tragic ending: not only was he declared an “enemy of the people,” but his leadership talent was also questioned.