Politburo. Persons and destinies, 3rd edition, corrected and supplemented. Zenkovich N.A.

The book contains and systematized biographical data on members of the Politburo, Organizing Bureau and the Secretariat of the CPSU Central Committee (1917-1991). There were 229 of them in the history of the CPSU and the USSR. The publication contains their portraits, which reached the red banners over the columns during the Soviet holidays. The author of the book Nikolai Zenkovich, known for his historical investigations, created a unique work, reducing the actual data on one cover about the fate of those in whose hands the entire fullness of political, economic and legal power in the country was concentrated for the three -quarters of the last century.

A combination of the encyclopedic principle of presenting material with a fascinating form of presentation, amazing details from the life of famous politicians give the book not only factual thoroughness, but also liveliness of the language, meaningfulness and accessibility for a wide circle of readers.