Alexander Alexandrovich Zinoviev. Russian fate, the confession of the renegade (№ 271515)

War waited from minute to minute. And when it started actually, she erupted like thunder from a clear sky. I can't describe the first days of the war clearly and systematically. Yes, and there's no need: it is well known that it was unheard of panic and chaos. It was panic and animal fear, but the panic from the chaos and meaninglessness of what was happening. Suddenly it was discovered that the whole system of organization of large masses of people, seemingly strict and obedient, is actually fictitious and are not manageable. It was panic of the worst sort - the fear of the collapse of the system seemed reliable. Fallen into a panic of fear people can be stopped. And then people, who knew no fear and was in a state of complete confusion.