The identity of the founder and first president of the Estonian state, Konstantin Jacobovich Päts, under whom Soviet troops entered the Baltic states in 1940, still causes fierce, irreconcilable disputes among the Estonian public. The range of sentiments ranges from deification to accusations of outright betrayal. At the same time, everyone, convinced that he is right, remains deaf to the arguments of the other side. This is facilitated by the uniqueness of the political figure of Konstantin Päts. An apologist for the independence of the republic, but Russian by mother, Orthodox, in his policy he was guided by the preservation of good neighborly relations with Soviet Russia. The events of Semyon Danilyuk's action-packed story develop in the last months of the life of Konstantin Päts, as well as in the early nineties.