It is the story about the life and civil feat Pavel Tretyakov written on the basis of archival materials, published by Collector's correspondence with artists, memories eldest daughter of Pavel Tretyakov - VP Zealot, based on the remarkable work of the second daughter of Pavel - AP Botkin, memories minister galleries NA Mudrogelenko (variable name later in Mudrogel), memoirs of contemporaries and other materials. The book is not fiction. Even a valid literary speculation minimized. The life of Pavel Tretyakov, consistent in its actions progressive Russian intelligentsia, does not need embellishment.
