Vladimir Priezzhev

Anton, un jeune campagnard marqué par l'expérience cuisante de son service militaire qui s'achève, retrouve à Moscou Sina, une amie d'enfance dont il est épris. Mais la jeune femme le repousse...

Afin de les punir de leurs duels à répétition, deux chevaliers du Royaume de France, ennemis jurés, sont exilés par Louis XIV en Europe du Nord. L’un rejoint la cour de Suède, l’autre le Tsar de Russie. Ce qu’ils ignorent, c’est que se prépare entre ces deux nations l’une des plus grandes batailles du 18ème siècle, et qu’ils vont se retrouver face à face sur les lignes de front…

The history of Bender's hunt for the underground millionaire Koreiko develops in the 1920s. Bright characters, adventurous adventures and a light veil of a bygone era in a new version of the classic work of Soviet literature.

Russia is at the dawn of great changes and the fate of a young man, Pyotr Cherkasov, who was forced to sacrifice his personal happiness to save the Motherland. In the center of events are bright and interesting characters, whose personal life history is woven into the history of European life. The interweaving of love lines, betrayal, jealousy, intrigue, exposing the enemies of Russia and the world order. Napoleon Bonaparte hatches plans to take over all of Europe. One of the most terrible wars in national history is approaching. In the meantime, the Russian people live in peace and ignorance. With the arrival of Prince Kuragin, the life of Peter changes forever. Emperor Paul I needs the best people to help Russia unravel Napoleon's insidious plans, and Kuragin, seeing Cherkasov's talents, invites him to go to St. Petersburg for military service. Cherkasov agrees, and now his life belongs to the Motherland.