There have been outstanding couples in the history of mankind who together stood at the helm of power (like Queen Victoria and Prince Albert), created and destroyed empires (like Antony and Cleopatra), brought a new faith to the world (like Muhammad and Khadija), and were innovators in art (like Mstislav Rastropovich and Galina Vishnevskaya, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Lyubov Orlova and Grigory Alexandrov) ... All the heroes of this book were outstanding personalities individually. But when they found their other half, it was no longer just a family union, it was a union capable of turning the world upside down, changing reality, stopping time. Each of these couples became a legend, a symbol of their time, the personification of their people. And their love stories are no less famous than their services to humanity. All of them suffered a considerable share of grief and suffering. But overcoming obstacles together only strengthens such people, strengthens their feelings, and binds them to each other even more strongly. And then love becomes immortal.