This fascinating biography of American Professor Richard Pipes, author of such famous works as «Russia under the Old Regime,» «Property and Freedom,» and «Communism,» is based on the most notable milestones and events of his biography — his academic career at Harvard University, to which he devoted half a century, his service in the U.S. National Security Council, his personal meetings with significant figures of the American and Soviet political scene, and his reflections on Russia’s historical paths. The English edition of these memoirs was published by Yale University Press in 2003.