About the book: 1999 / How many people in history are there who, by the very fact of their origin, are predetermined by their place in the circle of the powers that be? But, probably, there are even fewer of those who, following the dictates of their conscience, have found the strength to refuse the most tempting temptations. This is how one of the noblest Russian people, the count, and in Russian literature the most talented poet and playwright, decided on his fate - Alexey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, to whose life and works the novel by the famous writer-historian Yu. Koginov is dedicated.