About the book: year / As you know, every coin has two sides, and a person’s life has a light and a dark side. In a new book about VS Abakumov, the author shows both sides of this personality, using previously unknown documents. Why did Kobulov and Beria pay attention to Abakumov? After what events was he appointed head of the Rostov NKVD department? Was Abakumov to blame for the Germans' seizure of the Smolensk archive? What mistakes did the military counterintelligence SMERSH make during the war under the leadership of the general? Along with the answers to these questions, the reader will learn the truth about the last minutes of the life of the disgraced head of SMERSH.