About the book: 1979 / The story tells about the selfless, full of creative fire, vigorous activity of Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky as People's Commissar of Railways in 1921–1924, to which he was appointed at the suggestion of B.I. Lenin. New facets of the image of the Knight of the Revolution appear before the reader. An outstanding party and statesman, chairman of the Cheka - OGPU is shown in the role of the head of a huge and complex transport mechanism, a talented organizer who managed to captivate workers and specialists - railway workers and watermen - with the grandiose prospects for reviving the communications routes of the young Soviet state. The story of a selfless Leninist, a courageous fighter, deeply humane man Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky is intended for a wide range of readers.