The secrets of the 22<sup>th</sup> of June
In the article which is provided to the journal by the editors Red Star veterans of Soviet intelligence agencies share their reflections about events happened seventy-five years ago and predated the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. The attempt to state the course of events happened in May-June of 1941 unbiased was made in the article. It allows readers to come to their own conclusions about when and what decisions were taken by the USSR's state leaders and what military and political events in the world were background for that.