About the book: 1984 / Georgy Metelsky is the author of many books about our contemporaries, as well as historical stories about T. Shevchenko, A. Mitskevich, S. Serakovsky , P. Smidovich (the last two appeared in the “Fiery Revolutionaries” series). The writer’s new story tells about the short but colorful life of I. Fioletov, an active participant in the struggle for Soviet power in Azerbaijan, one of the twenty-six Baku commissars. The writer shows how a simple working boy, who began his working life in the oil fields of the Black City, grows into a prominent political figure.