Carl Friedrich Hieronymus Baron von Munchausen (Munhausen) (1720–1797) was a German baron, a captain in the Russian service and a storyteller who became a literary character. Munchausen often told his neighbors amazing stories about his hunting adventures and adventures in Russia. Such stories usually took place in a hunting pavilion built by Munchausen, hung with the heads of wild animals and known as the “pavilion of lies.” The baron’s stories: entry into St. Petersburg on a wolf harnessed to a sleigh, a horse cut in half in Ochakovo, a horse in a bell tower, fur coats gone wild, a cherry tree that grew on the head of a deer, spread widely throughout the surrounding area and even found its way into print... Over time, the name Munchausen became a household word as a designation for a person who tells amazing and incredible stories.