Farewell, Guard!

11 hrs. 17 min.

Language Russian

Author Dmitry Dashko

Narrator Sergey Kuleshov

It is summer of 1735. “Bironne’s rule” is a terrible time for the country. People disappear at night; the rack and the executioner’s glowing pincers in the Secret Chancellery know no rest. A murky period right before the Russo-Turkish war—when a clever, enterprising man with a sword and a pistol can radically change both his own fate and the fate of the country. Our contemporary Igor Gusarov finds himself in the body of a Courland baron, Dietrich von Gofen, who decided to try his luck in the “barbaric and wild Moscovy.” Igor is ready to risk his life and pass any trials to prevent a palace coup by the “daughter of Peter”—the wayward Elizabeth. Here and now, in the muddy shores of a young imperial capital, in the light of sputtering lamps, in the ballroom halls of palaces and in stuffy taverns—Russia’s new future and the whole world’s new future are forged. If you’re a true guardsman—take fate by the throat and turn the gears of history!

1. The Guardsman (narrated by Natalya Frolova) 1. The Guardsman (narrated by Sergey Kuleshov) 2. Life Guards Major (narrated by Sergey Kuleshov) 3. Farewell, Guard!