About the book: 2017 / N. G. Egorychev in 1962–1967. - First Secretary of the Moscow City Committee of the CPSU, member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, member of the CPSU Central Committee, Ambassador to Denmark and Afghanistan. The author recalls the difficult years of childhood without a father in a friendly and large family, about the great love of his mother, about his youth, Komsomol and student years, about the period of maturity and public service, about difficult relations with N. S. Khrushchev and L. I. Brezhnev. From the height of his years, he comprehends his life and lifts the curtain on the epoch-making events in the life of the country, of which he was a witness and an active participant. The book allows you to see the palette of the multifaceted life of a politician and diplomat, as well as to re-evaluate known facts from the history of our state.