E. Guslyarov’s two-volume book “Peter the Great in Life” continues the series of his “Biographical Chronicles”, and is, in terms of genre, a systematic collection of autobiographical notes, memoirs of contemporaries and documents of the era. For the first time, this book contains everything that the people’s memory has preserved about the true events of Peter’s life, everything that eyewitnesses of his deeds and actions were able to tell. From those that had national historical proportions to the most intimate ones. After its release, we can safely say that secrets and blind spots in the biography of Peter the Great no longer exist. The author would like to express his greatest gratitude to the employees of the Russian State Library (formerly Lenin) and the Russian Historical Library, who for several years allowed the author access to the collections of rare books and helped in finding the most unique publications on the topic. Contains obscene language.