Трудный выбор империи

The historical chronicle of L. Efanov covers the events that took place in independent Crimea after the Russian-Turkish war of 1768-1774, which was victorious for Russia, and brings the narrative up to March 1779. The author's main attention is focused on political decisions, diplomatic negotiations, secret and overt intrigues that accompanied Russia's struggle for influence on the peninsula; its result was the annexation of Crimea to the empire. Among the characters in the novel are Empress Catherine II and her court, the Turkish Sultan and his entourage, major statesmen and military leaders A. Osterman, N. Panin, P. Rumyantsev, A. Suvorov, the Crimean Khan Shagin-Girey. The novel “The Difficult Choice of the Empire” chronologically continues the novel by L. Efanov “The Conquest of Crimea”.