About the book: 2015 / The famous St. Petersburg historical writer lifts the curtain on the “case of Tsarevich Alexei,” which preceded the events of 1730, the most important period Russian history, which reveals the causes of subsequent historical cataclysms that overwhelmed Russia and erupted in the grandiose catastrophe of the 1905 revolution. At this time, Russia had a chance to choose constitutional government and abandon autocracy. 12+ (The publication is not recommended for children under 12 years old). The front cover uses the painting by I. I. Ge “Peter I interrogating Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich in Peterhof».