About the book: 1930 / “Red Napoleon” is a 1930 fantasy novel written in the genre of alternative history and using the themes of the “yellow” and “red” dangers. At the center of the novel is the Soviet military leader Ivan Karakhan, who comes to power in the USSR after the assassination of I. Stalin in 1932. Having become a dictator, Karakhan, under the rainbow banner symbolizing the unification of all races, leads the Soviet-Asian hordes to conquer the world and conquers one country and one continent after another until it faces a decisive conflict with the United States.