Smert Vazir-Mukhtara (10 seriy)

1829 god. Rossiya pobedila v voyne s Persiey. Griboedov, kak triumfator, privozit v Sankt-Peterburg Turkmenchayskiy mir. Ego blagosklonno prinimaet tsar. Ves Peterburg emu rukopleshchet, no, imeya vid udachnika i pobeditelya, Griboedov prebyvaet v dushevnom smyatenii: posle slabosti, proyavlennoy im na sledstvii po delu dekabristov, vdokhnovenie ostavilo ego, i on ne mozhet pisat.

V kachestve nagrady Griboedovu vruchayut orden Anny vtoroy stepeni s almazami i chetyre tysyachi chervontsev. Chuzhoy dlya vsekh, on podderzhivaet druzhbu lish s "samym zabavnym iz vsey literaturnoy svolochi" Faddeem Bulgarinym, chto ne meshaet emu, vprochem, zavesti lyubovnuyu svyaz s zhenoy Faddeya — Lenochkoy. Publika zhdet ot avtora "Gorya ot uma" novykh blistatelnykh literaturnykh pobed.

Vmesto etogo Griboedov razrabotal proekt preobrazovaniya Zakavkazya ne siloy oruzhiya, a ekonomicheskim putem, predlozhil sozdat tam edinoe obshchestvo proizvoditeley-kapitalistov. On ishchet podderzhki u ministra inostrannykh del Nesselrode i direktora departamenta Rodofinikina. Etot plan teper yavlyaetsya glavnoy tselyu ego zhizni…