About the book: 2017 / Carl Friedrich Hieronymus Baron von Munchausen (Munchausen) (1720–1797) - German baron, captain of the Russian service and storyteller who became a literary character. Munchausen often told his neighbors amazing stories about his hunting adventures and adventures in Russia. Such stories usually took place in a hunting pavilion built by Munchausen, hung with the heads of wild animals and known as the “pavilion of lies.” The baron’s stories: entry into St. Petersburg on a wolf harnessed to a sleigh, a horse cut in half in Ochakovo, a horse in a bell tower, furious fur coats, a cherry tree that grew on the head of a deer, spread widely throughout the surrounding area and even found its way into print... Over time, the name Munchausen became a household name as a designation for a person who tells amazing and incredible stories.