About the book: 2014 / The family of princes Dolgorukov is one of the most ancient noble families in Russia. Many beliefs and legends are associated with their name. What relationship did the Dolgorukov princes have with the founder of Moscow, Yuri Dolgoruky, and were they his relatives? Why did Tsar Ivan the Terrible drown his fifth wife Maria Dolgorukova and why was the marriage of the first of the Romanovs with her full namesake not successful? Who really was the failed wife of Tsar Peter II, Ekaterina Dolgorukova? Why did the young Countess Sheremeteva fall in love with her brother, the rake and reveler Ivan, who agreed to become his wife even when it became clear that Dolgorukov, along with all his relatives, would be sent into exile? Why did Tsarina Anna Ioannovna take revenge on members of the clan and who was the most famous “Unknown” depicted in the portrait of Ivan Kramskoy? How did Vsevolod Dolgorukov get into the club of “Jacks of Hearts”, the most famous swindlers of the beginning of the last century, and could a descendant of the princes, Pavel, lead the Soviet government after the overthrow of the tsarist government? There have always been too many questions around the Dolgorukov family! We will try to find answers to some of them in this book.…