[1] The book allegedly exposed ties between Leonid Brezhnev's family, Sharof Rashidov and the Soviet Mafia.

With their critical viewpoint of Soviet governmental corruption, co-authors were targeted by the government.

The second part shows how Soviet Intelligence finds out about the so-called Uzbek Affair.

To the common Russians, some names in this book became synonymous with corruption, nepotism and the Great Cotton Scandal of the late Brezhnev period.

Last, there are a few episodes from the life of Brezhnev's family (Galina Brezhneva and others).