About the book: 1969 / The events that “St. Petersburg true story" tells about took place about a hundred years ago - in the 70s of the last century in Russia. The destinies of the heroes of the story, their lives, and deeds left a noticeable mark on the history of those years. The advanced part of society followed with deep sympathy the selfless struggle of the revolutionaries whom V.I. Lenin called them “the best people of their time.” In the story you will see one of the dramatic episodes that is closely connected with this struggle and which at one time attracted the attention of the entire Russian society. You will read here about the famous trial of Vera Zasulich. The story is full of living testimonies of eyewitnesses and direct participants in the events described; how the authentic voices of the era sound from the pages of books of memoirs, diary entries, newspaper chronicles, court and other documents of those years. For older people. • In the printed edition, all text is typed in the same font without any highlighting. Since the book contains many quotations from historical sources, in this electronic edition these quotations are formatted accordingly. The interweaving of so many such destinies in a small historical patch, the center of which was Vera Zasulich’s shot at Trepov, makes this event one of the key events in Russian history.