General Denikin's reign, which lasted a year and a half minus three days, forms a complete, complete era in the history of the ‘second Russian turmoil.’ It is this era that Sokolov, who ‘stood close enough to General Denikin's government that the main facts of the era remain imprinted in his memory more or less accurately,’ writes about. ‘I recount what I saw and observed myself, that is, primarily about life in our military-political center.’ The book is of particular historical interest as the memoirs of an eyewitness, a participant in the events. It offers a history of the civil war through the eyes of an eyewitness and a direct participant in the events described.