"He lived opposite the prison...". 470 days in the dungeons of Kyiv. Vyshinsky K.V.

This unique collection contains block diaries from the Archive of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation for the city of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.

Diaries were conducted directly during the blockade of Leningrad and there is no censorship in them, which is inherent in the Soviet period of the memories of the blockade. They were introduced to the criminal cases of their authors - an accountant of one of the institutes, a school teacher and two Red Army soldiers who fought on the Leningrad Front, before the call - ordinary workers. These diaries give an invaluable idea of ​​the everyday life of a blockade city, they have many details of everyday life, descriptions of sensations and fears. For the first time, the reader will be able to see the blockade of Leningrad through the eyes of people of various professions, the educational level and position, overcoming the traditional roll in the direction of displaying the greatest tragedy of the Second World War exclusively by representatives of the intelligentsia.

In addition, the collection includes polls, letters and diaries and diaries A soldier of the Wehrmacht who participated in the blockade of Leningrad, who allow you to represent the blockade on the other side of the front, which, together with the documents on the propaganda activities of the Nazis, significantly expands the view of the largest humanitarian catastrophe in world history.

The author of this book is a famous journalist, The former editor -in -chief of the RIA Novosti -Ukraine portal Kirill Vyshinsky spent almost 500 days in Kyiv dungeons. Employees of the Ukrainian Security Service detained him on charges of treason on the day when Vladimir Putin solemnly opened the Crimean bridge... According to the President of Russia, this situation became unprecedented, and Vyshinsky himself was arrested "for his direct professional activity, for the implementation of his journalistic function ". Eight times the court extended the period of detention of Vyshinsky in custody, until in September 2019 the journalist finally was on the list of exchange between Moscow and Kiev.

in his book, Kirill Vyshinsky, absolutely frankly and for the first time in all details, told About the rampant of nationalism in Ukraine and the lawless actions of its special services, long 15 months in prison, the most difficult life in the prison of the “European country”, about what it is like to get into the millstones of a large political game, and the most important thing that helped him helped him Do not break and save yourself.

“The story of Kirill Vyshinsky resembles an adventurous romance. There is everything - prison and betrayal, armed clashes and unexpected liberation... stuck between the two countries, between the two peoples, Kirill Vyshinsky goes his own way, losing friends and acquiring enemies. "