The second book in the "Black Hussar" series, telling about the life and adventures of Mikhail Sokolov and his cavalry regiment of the Alexandrian Hussars, also known as the Hussars of Death. The main events unfold before and during the 1873 campaign of the Russian army against Khiva .GG acts without “strain” or haste. His decisions and actions fit into the logic of the era, and the so-called progressivism fits harmoniously into the realities of the Russian Empire. Historical characters.