Alexander the Great. Lights on the mounds: Roman. Jan V.G.

Vasily Yang (1875–1954) - Soviet writer and publicist. At the turn of the XIX - XX centuries, he actively traveled around Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia. As a military correspondent, he participated in the Russian-Japanese and civil wars. After the revolution, he lived and worked in the USSR.

“Lights on the Kurgan” - a historical novel about the heroic resistance of the ancestors of the peoples of the Central Asia of Sogdov and Scythians of the army of Alexander the Macedonian. The author’s gaze at the seemingly impeccable commander and ruler to this day remains relevant.

The first of the living on earth, Alexander Macedonian, decided to collect the whole inhabitable world under his hand. Unraverable Macedonian phalanxes overturned the Persian power, and the army of Darius melted like fog. Egypt bowed to Alexander and recognized him as a pharaoh. The turn of mysterious India was nearing. It seemed that the goal was close...