Having enthroned the wife of Peter the Great and his mistress Catherine I, Menshikov receives unlimited power, thereby causing envy and indignation of his former allies in the coup. Taking…

Russia, January 25, 1725. “Give it all…”. The emperor’s weakening hand was able to write in his will only these two short incomprehensible words that kept Russia in a bloody…

The end of the XVIII century. The reign of Catherine II. In the deep Russian provinces, among the vast steppes of the Ural escaped convict Yemelyan Pugachev proclaimed himself Emperor…