“Panurgov Herd” is the first book of the historical diptych by Vsevolod Krestovsky “The Bloody Pouf.” A poet, writer, and publicist, author of the famous novel
“Petersburg Dens,” Krestovsky vividly and from an unexpected angle shows the events of the “New Time of Troubles”—1861–1863. In the novel “Panurgov
Herd,” love intrigues, nihilism undermining the moral foundations of society, and a treacherous Polish plot are all links in a single chain—threatening to bind the Russian
government at a difficult moment in its history.