They do not play with Russians. Bismarck O.

The first chancellor of the German Empire Otto von Bismarck went down in history as an Iron Chancellor. Thousands of books were written about him - the creator of the II Reich, but not one of them was able to reveal all the secrets of this brightest and extraordinary personality of the 19th century. And not one of the historians was able to solve the secrets of his political genius and perspicacity. Disputes about him are endless.

how did Bismarck turn into a “frantic deputy” of the Berlin Landtag from the “frantic junker”? Why did the descendant of the knights solve “great issues of time” with iron and blood? Why did he unleash one after another three wars - with Denmark, Austria and France? Why did he support two Russian emperors - Alexander II and Nicholas II? What intrigues did he weave when the ambassador of Prussia in Russia? How ended the passionate love of Bismarck and the young Russian princess Ekaterina Orlova-Trubetskaya? What warnings of Bismarck about the upcoming military conflicts have completely come true? And what are his assessments of the future that the world awaits did not lose relevance today?

on these and other intriguing questions, shed a new light on the amazing life of the German Chancellor, you will find answers in his memoirs.