The novel by the famous Dagestan writer Shapi Kaziev “The Collapse of the Tyrant”, based on extensive documentary material, tells about an important, historically significant event in the life of Dagestan in the second half of the 18th century - the defeat by the united forces of the peoples of Dagestan of the thousands-strong army of the “Thunderstorm of the Universe” - the Persian Shah Nadir, who conquered half the world, but shamefully fled from the battlefield in the area of Khitsib near Sogratl in 1741. The defeat of Nadir Shah and his subsequent expulsion from Dagestan entailed a number of important changes on the world map. Historically reliable events of that time unfold, in addition to Dagestan, in St. Petersburg, India, Persia and other places. The heroes of the novel are both famous historical figures and artistically fictitious persons created on a documentary basis. Designed for a wide range of readers.