About the book: 2001 / Count Alexey Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817-1875) would have remained in the history of Russian poetry and literature thanks to his lyrical masterpiece alone “Among the noisy ball...” But he created the powerful historical canvas “Prince Silver”, the famous dramatic trilogy about the Russian tsars, the unfading satire “The History of the Russian State...”, topical to this day. His contribution to the works of the well-known Kozma Prutkov is invaluable. The noble talent of A.K. Tolstoy, his work still remains a living literary phenomenon.