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Book 3 of the “Novels of the Cheka” series

Zhigan

The events of 1917 broke the fates of many officers of the tsarist army.

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Original publisher:
Eksmo
Year:
2017
Language:
Russian (original)
Pages:
200
ISBN:
978-5-699-95816-0
Translations:
English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian (in preparation)
ZhiganExcerpt in Russian.

About the book

The events of 1917 broke the fates of many officers of the tsarist army. Some died, some went abroad. Captain Ivan Golenishchev-Kutuzov managed to settle into the new life. He changed his surname, took a job as a traveling salesman and lived in comfort. But it was not his job that kept him afloat but a bold and bloody trade. The self-made zhigan formed a gang out of street children and began to rob and kill, taking revenge on the Soviet power. But the GPU is not to be trifled with, especially for those who, like Ivan, made their fatal choice...

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Zhigan