Alchevsky’s Mystery

The well-known banker, industrialist, and philanthropist Oleksii Alchevskyi was found on the tracks of the Warsaw Station in St. Petersburg on May 7, 1901. He died in the hospital, leaving behind a farewell letter and his successful financial and mining empire in Kharkiv to be torn apart by competitors, traitors, and the tsarist regime. Despite the officially confirmed version of suicide, he was buried in the cemetery with all due honors. The process of dividing the business among the partners began immediately. So, was it really suicide? Why did it happen at that very moment? Who lost Alchevskyi’s empire? These are the questions that a young talented investigator from Poltava province, Vasyl Yanovskyi, will have to uncover. For this principled man, the case becomes a matter of honor and changes his entire life.