The book highlights the recent, post-Soviet history of Turkmenistan, a country of ancient culture that became hostage to the regime of personal power of Saparmurat Niyazov, one of the modern dictators, who plunged the people into lawlessness, poverty and spiritual slavery. In a vivid journalistic form, the author talks about the career and totalitarian rule of the Turkmenbashi, the “head” of all the Turkmens, whom he deceived and whom he has subjected to moral, legal and economic humiliation to this day. The book is replete with a variety of factual material, allowing us to create a fairly complete and truthful picture of what what is happening today in this Central Asian state.