About the book: 2017 / Oleg Nikolaevich Mikhailov - Russian writer, literary critic. Born in 1932 in Moscow, graduated from the Faculty of Philology of Moscow State University. Master of the artistic and documentary genre; author of the books “Suvorov” (1973), “Derzhavin” (1976), “General Ermolov” (1983), “The Forgotten Emperor” (1996), etc. His focus is on Russian literature of the first third of the 20th century, modern prose. Books: “Ivan Alekseevich Bunin” (1967), “Hero of Life – Hero of Literature” (1969), “Yuri Bondarev” (1976), “Literature of the Russian Abroad” (1995), etc. Doctor of Philology. This volume presents historical the novel “Kutuzov”, which tells the story of the life and work of one of the greatest Russian commanders, His Serene Highness Prince Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, field marshal, hero of the Patriotic War of 1812, whose life became a model of service to the Fatherland. The first volume includes book one, as well as book one and the second (chapter 1) of the second book of the novel.