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The novel The Garden of Gethsemane, written in 1950, made Ivan Bahrianyi famous throughout the world. It was one of the first works to strikingly depict the terrible nature of the Soviet regime during the years of mass repression. Behind every page of the novel is the pain and suffering, despair and hope of those who were crushed by Stalin's ruthless death machine. Bahrianyi described what he himself had experienced and what he could not remain silent about. He largely endowed the protagonist of the novel with his own fate and his own character - his unwavering spirit and faith in the invincibility of goodness. His Andriy Chumak went through all the circles of hell and survived, did not break. And this makes him worthy of the high rank of a man.