A Hundred Years of Journey

When the director of the museum is murdered in an old mansion, and an ancient cup and letters from the early twentieth century are found next to the body, Professor Dmitry Shakhovsky is brought in as an expert to investigate.... To understand what happened at the crime scene, Shakhovsky needs to reconstruct events from nearly a century ago — the story of the first Duma, the destruction of one of the terrorist cells… And to learn and understand something else… about himself. Perhaps he wouldn’t have recognized or understood it if it weren’t for Varvara Zvonkov. He will unravel the intricacies of fate, in strange and mysterious coincidences…
Tatiana Ustinova is one of the top authors of modern Russian prose, the holder of two “Electronic Letter” awards, and a laureate of “TEFI” in the nomination of “Screenwriter of a television film.” “The First Among the Best” — that’s what they call Tatiana Vitalievna, and this is not just a witty epithet, but a title confirmed by dozens of written novels, successful adaptations, and, of course, the love of her numerous fans.