A long way to God. How a Russian officer became an Athos monk

The end of the XIX century. Alexander Bulatovich, a young hussar and a dashing rider, serves in St. Petersburg, rotates in the light, and also regularly takes prizes at the races, delighting royal persons ... But prizes are money for life, because the income from the estate is small, and the service and entertainment are equally weighed. He "exhausts from the madness of his own life. What to do? To the monks? But with his reputation, this seems funny, and the spiritual mentor, John of Kronstadt, advises to wait, the time has not come. Meanwhile, Bulatovich is sent to Ethiopia, a Christian country, which the Western powers are about to enslave and which Russia helps very much.
This book of the famous writer -historian Vladislav Bakhrevsky talks about the true historical person - Alexander Bulatovich, a Russian officer, a researcher, a religious figure