The war with the Japanese is won, the threat of a Bolshevik revolution has been eliminated, the best friend—the Russian emperor—remains, and the niece has become an empress, and—what’s more—also a queen. At last, Uncle Georgy could enjoy a peaceful life!
After all, age isn’t the same anymore, there’s enough money for everything, and—apparently—it’s time to get a dacha and raise cats there. If you think about it, Uncle Zhora agrees… but only with one condition: he will retire from business only in “Great Russia”; and “Not-So-Great” Russia, for some reason, doesn’t suit him. Which means the dacha will have to wait. And over the realm—out of fear for its enemies—a grave shadow of the Gatchina kite will hang.