Our contemporary, reenactor, writer, amateur and connoisseur of the Napoleonic Wars. Yes, he's a hit. But his task is not to replay history, but, on the contrary, not to allow others to do it. To? How could I? This remains to be seen - if, of course, he has time. Because there is no time. At all. Unknown forces throw him, along with a handful of unsuspecting companions, into the very crucible of Bonaparte's invasion of Russia. so - the middle of August 1812, two dozen miles from the Old Smolensk road. And there are only a few days left until Borodin's day. and in these "few days" you need to have enough time to save - not to replay, to keep intact! - the course of world history. Will our hero cope with this? So we'll see. In any case, for a start, he needs to understand what, in fact, is required of him...