The book contains information about 17815.147 kg of gold. These tons disappeared from the vault of the Kazan branch of the People's Bank of Russia in August 1918. The valuables have not yet been discovered. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has an operational investigative case called “Golden Fleece”; Some information on this topic is kept top secret. Currently, treasure hunters have also joined the search for royal gold. The author presents data from two declassified funds of the National Archives of Tatarstan for the first time. The historical context of the events that unfolded simultaneously with the evacuation of the gold reserves is reproduced on the basis of memoirs and works of historians.