Nikita Isanov — historian, author of the popular podcast «Under Tsar Gorokh», where he tells amazing, unknown, and sometimes frightening stories about the past of our country. For centuries, people loved, created, made mistakes, and what this led to. Geniuses and villains, wives and lovers, kings and courtiers, politicians and poets, military men and pioneers — each of them changed the era in which they lived. The 19th century in Russia is rich in events: the murder of Paul I, the fire of Moscow in 1812, the gold rush in Siberia, the last duel of Alexander Pushkin, the cholera epidemic, the sale of Alaska, the mysterious death of Pyotr Tchaikovsky, the appearance of color photography, and many other significant episodes not only of national but also of world history. On the pages of this book, the reader will find 20 captivating stories about terrible tragedies, great discoveries, feats, intrigues, and conspiracies, echoes of which resonate to this day.
