History for Alexander Bushkov is not something frozen, ossified. The author, with his characteristic daring imagination, continues to solve historical riddles. There is a period in the history of Russia - 1725-1825, which can rightfully be called the Guards Century. Because a lot depended on the guard in those years - including staying the next autocrat on the throne or falling, being alive to him, or... Sovereigns and sovereigns sat on the thrones, thinking that they were ruling. But all these hundred years there was another force that did not have the right and authority to interfere in state affairs. However, this force called the Guard was deciding the fate of the throne.