Te present book is undertaken and — in respect to organisation — 
carried out by the Patriotic Union of Russian Jews abroad. But 
this book is not a party-publication. Our Union is composed of men of 
different political convictions, but all its members are imbued with the 
very same conviction, viz., the Bolshevic tyranny in Russia is pernicious 
for this country, and is an imminent danger for the whole general 
culture. This same conviction unites all collaborators of this book, the 
greater part of whom are not members of the above-mentioned Union, 
and some are not even Jews. These collaborators are open-minded 
men, who themselves understand from their own personal experience, 
what Bolshevic despotism means. They are capable of knowing the 
condition of present Russia in general, and the intentions of the 
Bolshevics towards the whole world in particular. But there is no need 
to refer to the testimonies of men, — the facts cited in this book, 
having been carefully verified and taken from the most reliable sources, 
establish the truth of the statements. 
The publication of this book has been long in coming, but perhaps 
not so long as it may seem. If it had been brought out exactly ten 
years after the inauguration of the Bolshevic despotism, it would not 
have had the possibility of including the whole period, as the pre- 
parations necessary for such a book, — whose authors are dispered 
over the whole world, — take up many months. On the other hand, 
there was no need to conclude the account precisely on the day of the 
Black Jubilee. Wherever it has been possible, the narratives are 
continued up to the present time, in some cases until September 1928; 
and hence our book reflects the actual condition of the Bolshevic rule.