New book by an outstanding historian , writer and military analyst Victor Suvorov - the second part of the trilogy "Chronicle of the Great Decade" Grand historical reconstruction of the events of 1956-1957 , when Nikita Khrushchev, with the support of Marshal Zhukov, removed Stalin's former closest associates from the leadership of the Soviet Union , Zhukov secretly prepared a military coup to remove Khrushchev and establish sole power in the country Reconstructing the events of those years and adding known and little-known facts into a single mosaic The author talks about the struggle for power in the leadership of the USSR , about the conspiracy of Zhukov and his associates against Khrushchev , about the disclosure of this conspiracy due to a chain of accidents and about the most complex covert operation to isolate and remove Zhukov from power This is a book about ,. how the system of governance of the country changed after the abolition of the Stalinist practice of systematic forced change of the leading elite How a new generation of young party leaders began their careers in power , A few years later, Khrushchev was replaced at the helm of the country , What alternative scenario for the development of the USSR was prepared to implement Zhukov And why is it ,? He made many mistakes during his reign.... It deserves credit for that. CM He saved the world and the world from the devil.... The book contains more than 60 photographs, including rare photographs from Russian and foreign archives, published in Russia for the first time.