The biblical legend of the “great flood” was once believed without reservation… Various peoples of the world have stories about a catastrophic invasion of waters. Is there a rational core in the legends of the flood? What does modern science say about the possibility of a “great flood” — in the past, present, and future? You will find the answer to these questions in the new book by the Leningrad writer and scholar Alexander Mikhailovich Kondratov (1937 — 1993), The Great Flood: Myths and Reality.