About the book: year / Parabolic novel The novel “Sim Pobedishi” is about the power of tyrants and the power of speech. The narrative is told in two time slices: the 16th century and in our time. In the center of the text are three main pairs of double characters: Tsar Ivan the Terrible (Terrible) and dictator Ivan Moroz; the metropolitan who placed the tsar on the throne - and the history professor who helped his former student win the presidential election; pioneer Ivan Fedorovich (Fedorov) and television journalist Ivan Fedorenkin. And also - Katerina Jagielonka, the niece of King Sigismund, who did not submit to the Moscow Tsar and became the Queen of Sweden, and - student Katerina... “Everything disappears - nothing changes” - the main leitmotif of the novel. And as a result, it is not force that wins, but love. And - word.