In Tsarist Russia in the Silver Age, the rise of the military was accompanied by the peak of imperial power and faith, and brand-new ideas were also surging undercurrents.
A pair of twin brothers who took opposite paths by chance will leave their unique mark in history. The love outside the history books is buried under the supreme throne of St. Petersburg and the vast ice and snow of Siberia.
No matter how rebellious and radical Ilya was, and how crazy Joseph was for power, when they kissed the mirror late at night, they always regarded each other as the gentlest and clearest half of their souls——
But the unspeakable confession has long been frozen under the Volga River in the middle of winter.
Tsarist Russian fiction - history is historical, and the story is mine.