- The first work on the history of the Soviet economy in Russian, covering all 70 years of Soviet power and revealing the achievements and failures of each period;
- A biography of a vast country, written in simple, understandable language, where behind every figure in the financial statements lie gigantic industries and the destinies of millions of people;
- The book provides an accessible and consistent account of the economic policies of the Soviet authorities—from War Communism during the Civil War to Perestroika, with all its achievements and failures.