Almost a quarter of a century ago, first in the West and then in Russia, the book of the grandmaster of Stalin's political intelligence, Pavel Sudoplatov, "Intelligence and the Kremlin. Notes from an unwanted witness." This work immediately became a bestseller. Which is not surprising, since the author is the only one of the leaders of the independent military and foreign policy intelligence centers of the Soviet Union of the Stalin era who left detailed memories.
In the new anniversary collector's edition of the book "Intelligence and the Kremlin," Pavel Sudoplatov's detailed and frank story "about the confrontation between the special services and zigzags in the Kremlin's domestic and foreign policy in the period 1930–1950" unfolds against the backdrop of photographic documents of that time. Portraits of employees and agents of the Soviet secret services (many of which are published for the first time); photographs of the places where the events described in the book took place; unique photographs depicting the results of Soviet intelligence activities - all this allows for a new look at the events taking place then.