Hostages of Peter I and Charles XII. Everyday life of the captives during the Northern War

The heroes of this book are the prisoners, Russians and Swedes, which turned out to be at the Northern War of 1700-1721 in the hands of the enemy. Their fate is the stories of courage and betrayal, negotiations and exchanges, the secret struggle of intelligence and the struggle of individual people for survival, these are the stories of quiet heroism not only by the military, but also merchants, travelers, even women and children, whom the war caught in someone else"s land and did His hostages. The resistance of the Swedes expelled to Siberia is unthinkable and managers not only to preserve the human appearance, but also to contribute to the study of undeveloped Russian lands. I am striking the longing of Russians in the homeland, their constant attempts to escape and - as a crown of this desire - the escape of unarmed prisoners who captured the Swedish ship and managed, not knowing the sea, reach through the whole Baltic to their native shores