This book for the first time in Russia tells about the historical and cultural monuments of Korea during the Confucian Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910): chronicles, palaces, the temple of ancestors and the tombs of the ruling house. Joseon ruled for 518 years and died a century ago - in 1910, becoming the last legitimate government of a united Korea. What kind of people were the rulers of old Korea, what did they consider the highest value, how was their life arranged, how did their family relations develop, for what they are remembered today and for what they are judged, what led the ruling house of Joseon to death, how do his descendants live now?