Russia, 1876. News reaches Emperor Alexander II about Turkish atrocities in the Balkans. Slavophile sentiments prevail at court and in the army. And even the revolutionaries, whom the gendarmes are tirelessly hunting for, largely agree with the powers that be - our Slavic brothers must be helped. Everyone is sure that Russia should start a war with Turkey. Only the elderly Prince Gorchakov, in charge of foreign policy, insists on caution, because this war could quarrel Russia with the Western powers. However, a clash with Turkey is inevitable; ultimately, the “Slavic question” will be resolved not in offices, but on the battlefields, and it will be decided by people like Minister of War Milyutin and General Stoletov... “Cry” is the last completed novel by the famous writer-historian Eduard Zorin (1931–1989). Republished in honor of the author's 90th birthday.