Under King Gorochi. Stories about geniuses, villains and eras that they changed. Isanov N.A.

Nikita Isanov is a historian, the author of the popular podcast “Under King Gorokh”, where he tells amazing, unknown, and sometimes frightening stories about the past of our country. As for many centuries, people loved, created, made mistakes and what it led to. Geniuses and villains, wives and mistresses, kings and courtiers, politicians and poets, military and discoverers - each of them changed the era in which he lived.

XIX century in Russia is rich in events: the murder of Paul I, the fire of Moscow in 1812, the gold fever in Siberia, the last duel of Alexander Pushkin, the cholera epidemic, the sale of Alaska, the mysterious death of Peter Tchaikovsky, the appearance of color photography and many others Significant episodes of not only domestic, but also world history.

On the pages of this book, the reader will find 20 fascinating stories about terrible tragedies, great discoveries, exploits, intrigues and conspiracies, the echoes of which sound to this day.