The Keys to the Enchanted Castle

Konstantin Sergeyevich Badigin — a famous Soviet writer-marinist, long-distance sailing captain, Arctic explorer. In the novel "The Keys to the Enchanted Castle," "there is nothing invented — everything that is written actually happened," — Badigin claims in the preface. The novel tells about one of the most interesting periods in Russian history — the reign of Emperor Paul I. The reader learns about the victories of General Field Marshal Suvorov over the French in Italy and Switzerland, and about the capture of the fortress of Corfu by Vice Admiral Ushakov. Parallel to these large-scale events unfolds a story full of drama and peculiar romance about the lives of the first Russian settlers in Alaska — brave people who selflessly and devotedly served their homeland.