According to the official version, Emperor Alexander I died during a trip to Russia from a rapidly developing illness. However, if you try to carefully examine the events in the life of the emperor and his relationships with his entourage, the picture emerges completely different. In his work, the famous historian S.P. Melgunov is trying to get closer to the solution to the tsarist tragedy through a detailed description of the people of the Alexander era - those with whom he plotted liberal reforms, and those who turned out to be his comrades-in-arms during the period of reassessment of his views. The author comes to sensational conclusions...