About the book: year / "The book that I present to your attention has become one of the most valuable stories of human destinies in my entire rather large collection. The heroine of this story, Alisa Medunitsa, my long-time friend and colleague, blogger, journalist, traveler, leader of the Resistance to the Saalan invasion, actively helped me in creating the book, including by introducing me to many of those who participated in one way or another her fate. This story will talk about events twenty-five years ago or more, which at one time were the cause of many worries and were actively discussed in the press around the world. First-hand explanations of the reasons for decisions that remained a mystery at the time of the events will be named. I wrote a book about how events developed then and what they cost everyone who was involved in them. Now, around those events, a mythology has already developed, partly consisting of omissions, and partly of the versions most convenient for public opinion. I tried to find an opportunity to present in the book the opinions of all the key characters in those events and express their position as close as possible to their own words and the opinions they expressed. I will leave my view of events, likes and dislikes outside the text».