"The Emperors . Psychological Portraits" - one of the most famous historical and psychological essays of Georgy Ivanovich Chulkov (1879-1939), writer, critic, publisher and publicist of the Silver Age The writer subjects a thorough, comprehensive analysis of the personality of Russian emperors from the Romanov dynasty. The focus of his attention - five sovereigns of the late XIX - early XX century. These are Paul I, Alexander I, Nicholas I, Alexander II and Alexander III . Through the prism of imperial images, the reader sees the contradictory fate of Russia - from reforms to reaction, from dictatorships to revolutionary transformations, from light to darkness and back.