About the book: 2006 / The book "The Chancellor's Mistake" is dedicated to interesting facts from the life of the outstanding Russian diplomat of the 18th century, Alexander Petrovich Bestuzhev-Ryumin. His fate - an extraordinary statesman and a dexterous courtier, a chemist (included in the world pharmacopoeia) and a connoisseur of the arts - unexpectedly intertwined with the history of the only architectural monument of its kind in Moscow - the Clement Church, built by the godson of Peter I. Many facts of history become available to the reader for the first time. Author of the book – Nina Mikhailovna Moleva, historian, art critic – well known to a wide range of readers for many excellent books dedicated to the history of Russia.