About the book: 2012 / Why the works of Vladimir Medinsky are published in huge editions and advertised with unprecedented scope? Why was he nicknamed “the nightingale of Putin’s agitprop”, “the Kremlin’s Goebbels” and “Viktor Suvorov in reverse”? Does the success of his trilogy “Myths of Russia” and the bestseller “War. Myths of the USSR" by the talent of the author - or by the administrative resource of the "party in power"? Are the accusations of ignorance of history and distortion of facts, shameless manipulation, "cheating" and "brainwashing" fair? Challenging Medinsky’s methods, this book not only catches the author in numerous mistakes and frauds, but uses the example of his writings to show how good intentions degenerate, how history is replaced by propaganda, and patriotism by “bruising the forehead” from the well-known proverb.