In the center of the story is the fate of Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich, the youngest son of Emperor Alexander III and Empress Maria Feodorovna. An active participant in the First World War, the Knight of St. George, the first commander of the legendary “Wild Division”, he gained, thanks to his military valor, talent as a military leader and cordial attitude towards his subordinates, the respect and love of his colleagues, who called him “the bravest of the brave” and “horseman Misha”. Michael’s finest hour came on March 3, 1917, when he, de jure the last Russian emperor, voluntarily abdicated the throne. With faith in the Constituent Assembly and the Russian people. And this was the enormous moral strength of the peacemaker and the first citizen of free Russia, who called on his compatriots to fulfill their public duty by participating in democratic elections. And it’s not his fault that it didn’t come true... According to the official version, Mikhail Alexandrovich was executed first of the Romanovs on the night of June 12-13, 1918 in the vicinity of Perm, where he was in exile. Thanks to the documents found, the author for the first time questions this statement. The book is addressed to everyone who is interested in Russian history.