“The Last Novik, or the Conquest of Livonia during the reign of Peter the Great” is a novel by Ivan Lazhechnikov, one of the first Russian historical novels. First published in four parts, during 1831–1833. Plot: the main person in the novel is Vladimir (aka Voldemar), nicknamed the Last Novik, the illegitimate son of Princess Sofia Alekseevna and Prince Vasily Golitsyn. Excommunicated from his fatherland, he strives to return by any means. The historical content of the novel is connected with the Northern War, with the struggle of Peter I with the Swedes for possession of the Baltic states, for access to the shores of the Baltic Sea, which was necessary for Russia. The central idea of ​​the novel is love for the homeland and the glory of the highly idealized Tsar Peter I.