The December uprising failed and actually buried under its rubble the fate of many young people who were just entering life and, succumbing to a romantic imp...

The action of the novel takes place against the background of the preparation and consequences of the Decembrist uprising. The metropolitan aristocracy is po...

1838 As punishment for a fatal duel, young St. Petersburg aristocrat Alexei Tverskoy is ordered to marry the murdered man’s fiancee. Not daring to disobey th...

1810 An important letter has been stolen from the hiding place of Empress Maria Feodorovna. It must not fall into the hands of Napoleon. Fortunately, the nam...