In the present series includes biographies of the great, formed the famous series "Life of remarkable people", founded in 1933 on the initiative of M. Gorky. Presents biographies of politicians and writers, both artists, and the military, as legendary, and closer to us in time, whose names and deeds went down in world history. The genre of presentation - scientific art. The contents of the absolute majority of books meets three main principles proclaimed by the editors in the 50-ies, academic reliability, high literary level and interest. The first of these terms has become today the editors of the series, of course, the main and determining factor in the choice of the authors. Many authors in this series themselves become the heroes.