Grandioznye avantiury. Nikolai Rezanov i mechta o Russkoi Amerike - Ouen Met'iuz

At the beginning of the 19th century it seemed likely that the west coast of America would soon become a Russian province. And these were not empty words, not projects, but a realistic scenario of events. Nikolai Rezanov - Russian aristocrat, diplomat, adventurer dreamed to expand the borders of the Russian Empire to the shores of California. After a difficult winter in Alaska, Rezanov went to San Francisco, where he fell in love with Conchita - the daughter of the commandant of the fortress, which became his last love and a symbol of the new empire he could build. This book is about the intrigues of the court, about the creation of Russian America, the first Russian circumnavigation and the exciting adventures of a bright and extraordinary man who was not afraid to dream.