The first quarter of the 19th century was a time of resounding glory and great victories of the Russian state and at the same time a time of the collapse of ...

1801, London. After the absurd death of a Russian officer in a brawl, Count Volensky, an employee of the Collegium of Foreign Affairs, must single-handedly c...

A person is known through struggle. And the heroes of Lev Portnoy’s works accept the challenge. Some are overcoming cowardice, some are overcoming the conseq...

1796. Vice-Chancellor Bezborodko and Tsarevich Pavel burned the Empress's will. But shortly before her death, Catherine the Great sent secret papers to Europ...

Lev Portnoy's prose is a fascinating story about how a person's life unexpectedly changes when the usual course of events is disrupted. The collection “Catch...

The story was published in the literary supplement to the magazine “Fantastika”, and was also included in the collection “In the company of Mikhalych” and in...