About the book: 2011 / Roman Borisovich Gul (1896–1986) lived a bright, eventful life. A participant in General Kornilov’s “Ice Campaign,” then an emigrant, he became a well-known writer abroad, one of the most influential Russian journalists, and the founder and editor-in-chief of “New Journal” (New York). His autobiographical, documentary and memoir books have been translated into many languages ​​of the world. The volume presents a book of documentary essays “Red Marshals”, dedicated to the life and work of M.N. Tukhachevsky, K.E. Boroshilov, V.K.Blyukher and G.I. Kotovsky, as well as historical portraits of famous figures of the Cheka-GPU-NKVD F.E. Dzerzhinsky, V. R. Menzhinsky, G. G. Yagoda. Author's spelling