About the book: 2011 / "The man who was always right in geography and always wrong in politics" - carved on the tombstone of Sven Hedin, one of the last greats travelers of the era before the advent of aviation. In the first half of his life, following in the footsteps of his idol Przhevalsky and largely thanks to the help of the Russians, he made a number of outstanding geographical discoveries in Central Asia, and in the second he took up politics and turned into a Russophobe, an anti-Semite and a friend of the leaders of Nazi Germany. He experienced the defeat of the Germans in World War II and the death of Hitler as a personal drama. Axel Odelberg, biographer of Sven Hedin, does not embellish his hero, he simply writes the truth about the most popular Swede of the first third of the 20th century - a truth that will not leave anyone indifferent. In the first third of the 20th century, Central Asian explorer Sven Hedin was the most famous Swede in the world, and after the Second World War, his name was forgotten for many years. In his youth, Hedin dreamed of the glory of Przhevalsky, his outstanding geographical discoveries took place with the help and full support of the Russians - both the tsarist government and ordinary people - but this did not stop him from repeating with manic persistence about the Russian threat to Europe. There was a bit of Jewish blood flowing in his Nordic blood, but at the same time he sometimes showed caveman anti-Semitism. After the Nazis came to power in Germany, he became friends with the fascist bosses, and perceived the defeat of the Germans in the war as a personal drama. In everything he did, Hedin went to the end, showing incredible persistence in both achievements and errors. Axel Odelberg, biographer of Sven Hedin, does not embellish his hero, he simply writes the truth about him, which will not leave anyone indifferent.