May, 1924 Note: Like other articles by Trotsky of that time, the book “On Lenin” was sharply criticized, even by Menshevik publications, for falsifying the history of Bolshevism. In his book, Trotsky distorted the image of V.I. Lenin, falsely claiming that he was supposedly a supporter of the absolute necessity of terror.

"Portraits of Lenin are not visible, there were no similar ones. The centuries, apparently, will complete the half-drawn portrait..." A book by one of his closest associates and like-minded people about whom the poet wrote, written by the same caring pen. For the extraordinary party and statesman, publicist and organizer that was L.D. Trotsky (1879-1940), Lenin’s death was a real grief. The feeling of irreparable loss dictates to him, without delay, to begin work that would cement in the people's memory the features of Lenin's life and personality. For the attention of everyone who is interested in the history of Russia, and not only Russia, we offer memoirs about the decisive period for Lenin, in the center of which is the October Revolution: mid-1917, autumn 1918. The name of the author of the memoirs over the decades, starting from the moment of expulsion from country, was under the strictest ban.