The works included in that volume tell about the favorite of Empress Anna Ioannovna, Count Ernst Johann Biron (1690–1772). The remarkable Russian historian S...

The second volume of the collection includes stories about I. D. Putilin, written by R. L. Antropov (R. Dobry). The stories are arranged in the order in whic...

Roman Lukich Antropov (1876–1913) was a Russian prose writer, feuilletonist and playwright. His literary heritage includes plays, feuilletons, novels, novell...

“Putilin walked from corner to corner in his office, which always happened to him when he was overcome by some nagging thought. Suddenly he stopped abruptly ...

The famous Russian prose writer and playwright Roman Lukich Antropov was known to readers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries under the pseudonym Roman...

Ivan Dmitrievich Putilin is a genius of Russian criminal affairs, for many years he stood at the helm of the St. Petersburg detective police and, thanks to h...

Did we have our own Sherlock Holmeses, real police detectives with a capital P? Of course they were! And among them, the first place rightfully belongs to th...