About the book: 2010 / In August 1914, a war began in which many world powers were drawn. Bloody battles continued for four long years. The result is 10 million killed, 22 million wounded! Four powerful, economically developed powers - Russia, Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire - ceased to exist. So was it possible to prevent the collapse of the monarchy in Russia and prevent the subsequent revolution and terror by sending the country along a different path? Why did Russia enter the First World War? What was Grigory Rasputin's true relationship with the royal family? And what role did the German General Staff and Alexander Gelfand-Parvus play in the Russian Revolution of 1917?...Evgeny Avdienko’s new exciting novel tells about this and much more!