The best works about the last day of the Earth. Humanity expects the end of the world from its very inception. Each era considered itself the last. The world catastrophe was appointed for 666, on the 999th, on the 1000th, on the 2000th... The last date is 2012, as promised by the Mayan Indians. This collection includes apocalyptic predictions of Russian writers created in the 19th century and works by contemporary Russian science fiction writers. Also included in the book are the Revelation of John the Theologian with engravings by Alfred Dürer and Mayan prophecies.