Yevgeny Anisimov, author and host of the television program "Palace Secrets" (on the "Kultura" channel), recounts the most enigmatic secrets of Russian history in the 18th century. In its labyrinths intertwine stories from the lives of royal figures and Russian nobility: Peter the Great and Tsarevich Alexei, Catherine I and Evdokia Lopukhina, Princess Dashkova and Count Suvorov, as well as many others.
When geniuses turn out to be villains, the defeated become victors, and people previously unknown to anyone become heroes, only love, betrayal, intrigue, the struggle for power, and loyalty to the Fatherland remain constant.