1984 is George Orwell's last book, published in 1949, a year before his death. The anti-utopian novel glorified the author and remains the gold standard of the genre. The action takes place in London, one of the main cities of the totalitarian superstate Oceania. A frighteningly detailed description of a society based on fear and oppression serves as the backdrop for one of the most striking human stories in world literature. In the center of the plot is the fate of the small party functionary dissident Winston Smith and his dangerous affair with a colleague. In the USSR, Orwell’s book was banned until 1989: probably, the party leadership of the country recognized the features of the Soviet system in the social system of Oceania. However, the society described by Orwell is not a copy of the totalitarian regimes known to him. "1984" and now reads as an acute comment on current events. In this book, the novel is presented in a new, modern translation.