From the author of the large-scale cycle 'History of the Russian State.' For the first time on paper, the text of the play '1881,' successfully staged at the Alexandrinsky Theater. With illustrations by Igor Sakurov. 1881. Emperor Alexander II dies from a terrorist bomb. His son, Alexander III, ascends the throne. The play describes those few days during which Russian history changed fundamentally, and its further development took a completely different course. The author is interested in answers to two main questions: 'Who is right?' and 'What is to be done?'

Author: Boris Akunin