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This book is Kapuchinsky's private report across Russia. He interviewed ordinary people and captured the conflicts and emotions that filled the land as the Soviet Union was about to disintegrate, as well as people's fears and hopes for the future. The 20th century began with the revolution in Soviet Russia and ended with the disintegration of the Soviet Union. There are a lot of books about the Soviet Union, but this documentary literature is the work of Kapuchinsky who devoted all his efforts and efforts, providing readers with an all-round and multi-perspective analysis of Russia's past. The author adopts a prose style, does not stick to the form, and selects representative close-ups to allow readers to deeply understand the essence of the Soviet Union in the details. This not only reflects the author's academic level and writing skills, but also avoids boring and lengthy anecdotes. From every detail of the journey in the Soviet Union to the people there; from the destruction of St. Peter's Cathedral to the Great Purge and the Great Famine; from the poor life of ordinary people to the extravagant decadence of the privileged class; from the bits and pieces of marginal urban and rural towns to the competition at the core of power in the capital Moscow. This documentary literature witnesses conflict, suffering, and hope.