William Christian Bullitt (1891-1967) was the American envoy to revolutionary Russia and later the first American ambassador to Russia after America recognized her in 1933. The book is a documentary biography of an extraordinary man who shaped not only the American policy towards Russia for several years, but also had a great influence on Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He offered the plan of dividing the former Russian Empire into several countries which was approved by Lenin but not by president Wilson. Also available on the subject: Dann, Dennis. Mezhdu Ruzvel"tom i Stalinym: Amerikanskie Posly v Moskve (2004); Spivak, Leonid. Ul"iam Bullit: Odinochestvo Diplomata (2011).