About the book: 2014 / “Not a man, but an element”, “he was always ahead and this attracted the hearts of soldiers,” “ they loved him and believed him,” “he did not spare himself, he was personally brave and climbed forward headlong” - this is what not only his comrades, but even his enemies said about Lavra Georgievich Kornilov. The son of a Siberian Cossack and a baptized Kazakh woman, he rose to the very top of the military hierarchy. A fearless intelligence officer who carried out secret missions in Afghanistan, India and China. Knight of St. George, hero of the Russo-Japanese and Great Wars. Creator of the first shock units of the Russian army. Supreme Commander-in-Chief and failed dictator of Russia. The leader of the White movement, who led the legendary “Ice March” and tragically died during the assault on Yekaterinodar. The last hero of the Empire who could stop the revolution and save the Fatherland. This is what the “Kornilovites” think. “A revolutionary general” who betrayed the trust of Nicholas II and personally arrested the royal family. A loser who failed the Kornilov rebellion and thereby cleared the way for the Bolsheviks. Civil War arsonist who gave the order “take no prisoners.” This is how Kornilov’s enemies judge him. Is there at least some truth to these accusations? Is it possible to keep an officer's honor unsullied in the midst of a fratricidal massacre? Does a heroic death atone for past mistakes? And will the mystery of the “mystical” death of General Kornilov, which is still being debated, be solved??