The book by the well-known journalist and political analyst Sergei Shelin (and also, according to the Kremlin, a "foreign agent") is quite unlike either scientific or journalistic works devoted to the fate of Russia and Russians. It is an extremely subjective and polemical, but filled with many facts, story about the unique route and numerous adventures of the Russian power. The author describes the astounding internal mechanisms that time after time return this power to the path it has been following for all 570 years of its existence - from the time of Vasily the Dark, whom the author considers the founder of Russia, to Vladimir Putin. Together with the author, the reader takes a breathtaking journey through Russian modernity and the Russian past. The book is structured as answers to the many questions that arise along the way. In conclusion, Sergei Shelin talks about possible options for the country's future and what factors must come together for Russia to get off the "special path" for the first time in history.
