About the book: 1960 / Every human life is instructive. But the life of a great man is doubly instructive. In it, everything is expressed more clearly, more sharply - both the ups and downs. This is life before you. There were many joys and anxieties, sleepless nights and crimes, blood, exploits and treachery. It is so rich in events - fights, chases, murders - that you can write an adventure novel. But this is not a novel, but a biography, created on the solid ground of strict, indisputable facts. Before you is the life of a man whose name was Ulugbek. His real name was different, but it was forgotten. And Ulugbek will be remembered thousands of years later. He was a king, the grandson of Timur; he loved hunting, poetry, music, and the fun of feasts. But he became a great scientist and pondered the mysterious fate of the stars until the last minute when his head was cut off by the killer’s saber. The saber turned out to be very sharp: even now, five centuries later, its mark is visible on his skull... Ulugbek's discoveries were far ahead of their era and still live in science. They helped humanity pave the way to the stars. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Gleb Nikolaevich Golubev was born in 1926 in the city of Kalinin. He began publishing in 1946. Graduated from the screenwriting department of the Cinematography Institute. He traveled a lot around the country, working for several years as a special correspondent for the magazine Around the World. His stories and essays were published in other central magazines. He wrote the science fiction story “The Gold Medal of Atlantis” (1956), the books “Unusual Journeys” (1958) and “Unsolved Mysteries» (1960).