About the book: 1999 / Gennady Andreevich Zyuganov is the leader of the political opposition of modern Russia. In 1996, 30 million voters voted for him. A major geopolitical scientist, Doctor of Philosophy, he was able to make a significant contribution to updating the ideology of the opposition based on the concept of state patriotism and Russian socialism. While remaining a communist, he critically analyzed the history of socialism and showed the prospects for the revival of the Fatherland, taking into account the historical experience of Russian Eurasian civilization. As the leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation faction and the leader of the left parliamentary majority in the State Duma, he is a generally recognized statesman who influences the formation of the Russian government and its policies. He ranks first in political ratings of presidential candidates. According to researchers, this is a leading representative of the generation of national leaders of the country at the turn of the 21st century. The biographical sketch, based on press materials, highlights the stages of G. A. Zyuganov’s life and his political activities. Although a number of judgments are debatable, the book contains a lot of different information about the opposition and its leader, which is of interest to a wide range of readers. For a wide range of readers. In conditions of pluralism, a book about G. A. Zyuganov is a natural phenomenon that reflects real democratic changes in society.