— standard edition for 1199 rubles, The Lost and Damned for 479 rubles. and The Ballad of Gay Tony for 799 rubles.

How much does it weigh

The game weighs differently on different platforms:

• PC - 16 GB standard edition or 32 GB full edition;
• PS3 - 10.3 GB standard edition or 14.3 GB full edition;
• Xbox 360 - the original game weighs 6.5 GB, The Lost and Damned - 1.78 GB, The Ballad of Gay Tony - 1.87 GB.

How much RAM do you need?

The game requires 1.5 GB of RAM.

How to install

If GTA 4 was purchased digitally, find its page in the store (Steam, PS Store, Xbox Live) or in the list of purchased games (library) and click “Install”. If you want to install the game on your PC from a disc, insert the first disc into the drive. If autorun does not work, open “This PC”, double-click on the game icon, find and run the .exe format file.

First of all, you will have to install the Rockstar Games Social Club application. It is necessary to install the game, but then RGSC will be automatically removed - with one of the patches it was built directly into GTA 4. By the way, if you already have the game and the seventh update installed, it is not recommended to install RGSC separately, since after that GTA 4 may not start. If you encounter this problem, simply uninstall Social Club.

To launch the game, click on the Launch GTAIV icon (not the Social Club icon), while disc number 1 must remain in the drive. When starting for the first time, you will need to enter an activation key.

Where are the saves located and how to install them?

First, make sure that hidden files and folders are visible on your computer. If you don't know how to do this, detailed instructions in Russian can be found on the Internet (when requesting, be sure to indicate the version of your operating system). Next, go to C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Rockstar Games. To back up your saves, you need to copy the GTA IV folder to your hard drive, flash drive, or other media.

But there may be problems with installing saves. IN San Andreas everything was simple - transfer the save to the desired folder, launch the game, load and play. In GTA 4 the system is more complicated. Here, saves are linked to the Games For Windows Live profile. To install other people's saves, you will need two folders - GTA IV and Content. The latter contains information about the profile. Paste the first one with replacement at C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Rockstar Games, the second one - C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\XLive. If your profile loads when you start the game, exit it and select another one.

If you want to backup your own saves, also copy both GTA IV and Content folders!

How to find out the game version

To install mods and trainers, you need to know the version of GTA 4. To do this, go to the game folder, right-click on the GTAIV.exe file, then click “Properties” -> “Details”. The “File Version” column will indicate the current version.

How to install mods

It will not be possible to describe in detail the process of installing mods within the FAQ - this is material for a separate article. We will list only the basic programs that you will need, and then you can find instructions for them on the Internet.

The first step is to install software that will allow support for mods. Which one exactly depends on the version of the game. 1.0.4.0 or 1.0.0.4 will require .NET ScriptHook 0.4.0, File Check Fix, and either ASI Loader or XLiveLess. For 1.0.7.0 - .NET ScriptHook 1.7.1.7 and ASI Loader. As for installing mods itself, most of them will require OpenIV or SparkIV. Some modifications can be installed without them, simply by replacing the files, but even in this case you will have to allow support for mods by third-party programs.

How to set the Russian language

After update 1.0.7.0, the Russian language disappeared from the game. You can download the patch that will fix this from the official Rockstar website - select “Russian” in the first list. Once you install the patch, launch the game. It will either already be in Russian, or you will need to go into the settings and change the language. In console versions of the game you cannot select the Russian language.

How to add your own music

Copy the MP3 files or their shortcuts to the C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents\Rockstar Games\GTA IV\User Music folder. Launch GTA 4, go to the audio settings and click “Complete Scan” - the tracks you selected will be loaded into the game. You can hear them on Independence FM radio. You can switch between songs using the B and N buttons. In the console versions of the game, you cannot add your own music.

How to remove blur (soap, blur, Motion Blur), depth of field (Depth of Field) and glow (bloom)

To disable the glow effect and improve performance, go to the Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data folder, find the VisualSettings.dat file, open it with Notepad and replace the settings:

misc.BloomIntensityClamp.HD 10

misc.BloomIntensityClamp.SD 10.00

misc.BloomIntensityClamp.HD 0

misc.BloomIntensityClamp.SD 0.00

The Motion Blur and Depth of Field effects are toggled on and off using the P key.

How many missions

The game is divided into several parts - 28 missions in the Broker and Dukes areas, 7 in Bohan, 22 in Algonquin, 27 in Alderney and another 7 final tasks (if you take into account both options - “Deal” and “Revenge”). Total, 91 story missions. In addition, the game has many side activities: taxi driver missions, Most Wanted and Vigilante police missions, encounters with random characters, car theft, drug delivery and murder contracts.

How many assassin missions

The Fixer's Assassinations are nine side missions in which you will have to work as an assassin. Completing all contracts will give you the Assassin's Greed achievement. Also, these tasks are taken into account in the game statistics - if you complete GTA 4 100%, then the killer missions must be completed. The orders themselves are issued randomly via a payphone in Alderney. The next contract opens only after you have completed the previous one.

How many endings

GTA 4 has two endings. The ending of the game depends on the choice, "Deal" or "Revenge", that the player makes in the One Last Thing mission.

How long does it take to complete the game?

GTA 4 is a project with open world and many side quests, which can be played for tens or hundreds of hours. The final completion time greatly depends on the style of play: you can rush through the story missions, or you can spend a long time exploring the areas of the virtual Liberty City. And yet it is possible to name at least approximate figures. On average, it takes about 30 hours to complete the main story campaign, taking into account side missions - 40, and if you get 100% in statistics - 80. If we talk about add-ons, the story campaigns in them are completed in 7-10 hours, and 100% are knocked out in hours for 20 each.

A separate discussion is speed passage. According to data from the website speedrun.com, at the time of publication of the article the world records were as follows:

• completion of the campaign - 3 h 50 m 01 s;
• 100% completion - 11 h 06 m 55 s.

How to play online

Make sure you have a licensed copy of the game, updated to latest version. If you are playing on a console, you must also have the latest system firmware. To play multiplayer, register or sign in to your Rockstar Games Social Club account and search in the in-game mobile phone"Network game" item. Here you can customize your character's appearance and choose one of several multiplayer modes.

How to dial a number on your phone

You need to press the up arrow twice - Niko will take out the phone and put it into dialing mode. Numbers are selected using arrow buttons.

How to enter codes (cheats)

On all platforms - PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 - the codes for GTA 4 are the same. You need to enter them in the main character’s mobile phone. Take out your cell phone, go to dialing mode and enter one of the numbers. Activated cheats will be saved in the phone’s memory in the Cheats tab, so you won’t have to register them again. If you want to enable the code again, just select it from the list and click “Call”.

IMPORTANT: cheats disable some achievements! If you want to get all the game achievements, do not save after activating the codes. To re-unlock achievements, load the save you made before enabling cheats.

Where to find weapons

There are 15 types of weapons in the game. You can find it right on the street, buy it in weapons stores, pick it up from corpses, or get it during missions. The map below shows places where you can pick up free first aid kits, body armor and weapons.

Where to find a knife

You can buy it from Little Jacob for $100, or find it on the street (see map above).

Where to find a tank

GTA 4 doesn't have a tank, but The Ballad of Gay Tony does have an armored personnel carrier.

Where to find armored personnel carrier

The armored personnel carrier is only available in The Ballad of Gay Tony add-on. You can get it in three ways:

• use cheat code 272-555-8265;
• kill 50 seagulls, after which the armored personnel carrier will appear at Yusuf's construction site;
• After completing the story campaign, it can be ordered from Enrique Bardas.

How many cars does Brucie need to steal?

The side mission Exotic Exports requires you to steal cars and motorcycles for Brucie. A total of 10 vehicles need to be delivered: Banshee, Cavalcade, Feltzer, Intruder, NRG 900, Patriot, PCJ 600, PMP 600, Saber GT and Sanchez.

Where to find sports cars

Another side quest in GTA 4 is to find cars for Stevie. Their locations are marked on the map below.

Where to buy glasses

Glasses can be bought at a “Russian” clothing store. You will find it by the sign "New Products" latest fashion» not far from Roman’s apartment in Broker, and the glasses themselves are on the counter near the seller. The store will open after the mission Three's a Crowd.

How to call a taxi

You can call a taxi by phone only through Roman, if you have an a good relationship(respect at least 70%). In all other cases, you will have to catch the car on the street. When you see a taxi, press English E (PC), L1 (PS3) or LB (Xbox 360) - Niko will stop the car. To sit in the passenger seat, hold down the F (PC), Triangle (PS3) or Y (Xbox 360) button.

Where is the car dealership located?

There are several car dealerships in the game. They are marked on the map below.

How to execute or pardon

In GTA 4, you will be faced several times with a choice: to execute a minor character or to have mercy. To execute, kill the target. To have mercy, just walk away. Briefly about what this choice affects in specific missions (spoilers possible):

• Ivan the Not So Terrible: if you kill Ivan, he will no longer appear in the game, if you pardon him, after a while he will give you additional tasks.
• Ruff Rider: if you kill Cherise, she will no longer appear in the game, if you pardon her, after a while she will give you additional tasks.
• Holland Nights: if you kill Clarence, he will no longer appear in the game, if you have mercy, after a while he will give you additional tasks.
• The Holland Play: If you kill Dwayne, you will receive $25,000, if Playboy X, you will receive his house and gain Dwayne's friendship.
• Blood Brothers: if you kill Francis, no serious consequences will not be (fans suggest that this choice will slightly simplify the passage of the Undertaker mission), if Derrick - you can get rid of the wanted stars once by calling Francis.
• That Special Someone: Only affects dialogue with Roman, not the plot.
• One Last Thing - Your choice of "Deal" or "Revenge" will determine the ending of the game.

Where to find a helicopter

There are only four models of helicopters in the game: the military Annihilator and three types of Maverick. They will start appearing towards the end of the game on helipads. The exception is the Helitours Maverick - it can be stolen from the tourist base immediately after the opening of Algonquin. Even earlier, you can get a police Maverick, but it will not be easy - you will have to kill the pilot from sniper rifle and hope that after the fall the helicopter does not explode. You can also use cheats. Below is a map of helipads.

How to turn off the radio

Select the lowest icon in the radio station wheel. To avoid doing this all the time, you can turn off the radio sound in the sound settings.

Vladivostok FM

In April 2018, almost all the music of the Vladivostok FM station was replaced by developers due to the expiration of the license for the compositions. If you want to listen to music you will have to look for the old version of the game.

Original track listing:

• Ruslana – Wild Dances
• Cinema - “Blood Type”
• Marakesh - "Wait"
• Animals - "Apartment"
• Seryoga – “King Ring”
• Seryoga - “Invasion”
• Spleen - “Life Line”
• Basta - “Mama”
• Leningrad - “Don't feel sorry for anyone”
• Ranetki - “About You”
• Dolphin - "REP"
• Glucose - "Schweine"
• Oleg Kvasha - “Green-Eyed Taxi” Club Remix

New music:

• Seryoga – “Invasion”
• Seryoga - "Chiki"
• Seryoga - “Add speed”
• Ivanhoe - "Represents"
• Kievelectro - “Walk Slavs” (feat. Alena Vinnitskaya)
• Ivanhoe - "Underground Life"
• Zhenya Fokin - “At Night”
• Riffmaster - "Riffmaster Tony"
• Riffmaster - “Running!”
• Delise – “Hot Summer”
• Seryoga - Mon ami (feat. Max Lawrence)
• Alexey Bolshoy - “I hate karaoke”

Sergey Makeev

Ivanovich was killed by his own father. In a fit of anger, the king poked his son in the temple as hard as he could with his staff. The blow was precise and strong - the Tsarevich died on the spot. It’s also surprising what kind of son Ivan the Terrible killed! The most beloved, the eldest, the one on whom he had high hopes, because his second descendant, Fedor, was not ready to rule the country from the very beginning.

Over the past more than four hundred and fifty years, history has become overgrown with many legends, and different versions of what happened have been put forward. The exact date of the Tsarevich’s death has not yet been established. Some researchers suggest that the tragedy occurred back in 1581, in November, others call 1582, and still others, the majority, still adhere to the date of July 3, 1583. By by and large, the numbers are not that important, the main task is to understand why Ivan the Terrible killed his son, and did he kill him at all? Let's try to figure it out.

First version. Political

Nikolai Karamzin in his “History” voiced that politics became the stumbling block between father and son. Filled with noble jealousy, the Tsarevich came to his parent and demanded the liberation of Pskov, expulsion of the enemy, and restoration of honor. Russian Empire. In anger, John shouted that his son, together with the boyars, wanted to overthrow him from the throne, and raised his hand. Boris Godunov tried to restrain her, but the king inflicted several wounds on the nobleman with his sharp staff, and then hit the crown prince with force in the head. He fell, bleeding profusely. The death of Ivan - the son of Ivan the Terrible - occurred instantly. It is noteworthy that this version, which Karamzin considered true, was originally put forward by Antonio Possevino, the papal legate, who, admittedly, was, if not the most interested witness, then certainly not independent. Therefore, the reliability of such a statement is very doubtful, especially since it is not confirmed by any other evidence. Then why did Ivan the Terrible kill his son? Go ahead.

Second version. Everyday

Only officially, Tsar John Vasilyevich was married at least seven times. As we know, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. So the young crown prince tried to keep up with his father. His first wife was Saburov's daughter, Evdokia Bogdanova, after an unsuccessful marriage she was forcibly tonsured a nun. The second wife, Feodosia Mikhailova, Solovov’s daughter, suffered the same fate - she ended her life in a monastery. By 1583, Ivan was married to the daughter of the youngest of the Sheremetyev brothers, Elena. One morning, Ivan Vasilyevich saw the pregnant wife of the Tsarevich in an inappropriate form: her belt was not tied, and she was walking wide open. married woman not appropriate. The king got angry and gave his daughter-in-law a couple of good slaps in the face. Elena fell and hit herself, and the next night she lost her child. Immediately the Tsarevich ran into the chambers and began to reproach his father, he stood up for his wife, and for this he was hit in the temple with a staff. It turns out that this is why Ivan the Terrible killed his son! However, not everything is clear here either. The author of this version was the same Antonio Possevino, who was interested in presenting the ruler as a ruthless son-killer in order to legitimize the European Inquisition. So what actually happened?

Third version. Love

He was very keen on the female sex and, according to testimonies, did not miss a single skirt. One day, somewhere in the wards, he met Elena, the wife of Tsarevich Ivan, whom we have already talked about, and began to force her to cohabitate. It is not known for certain whether Ivan Vasilyevich eventually became a daughter-in-law (in Rus' this has long been the name given to a man who shared one woman with his son), but the young princess told her husband about the harassment, and he decided to sort out the relationship with his father. We know how it all ended. The son fell with a broken temple, and after some time his wife was sent to a monastery. But is this how it really happened?

Fourth version. Refuting

Historians who lived much later than Ivan Vasilyevich and his offspring wondered: “Did Ivan the Terrible kill his son?” Perhaps this is just a fascinating legend? In other words, misinformation and slander? Indeed, at present, the very fact of filicide raises enormous doubts. To understand why we should doubt it, let’s turn to the years 1883-1885 - the time when the work of art “Ivan the Terrible and his son Ivan November 16, 1581” appeared from the brush of the famous Russian artist Ilya Repin.

Painting “Ivan the Terrible kills his son”

It was under this name that the canvas, which depicts how the Russian Tsar dealt the Tsarevich a fatal blow, became known to the general public. On the red carpets covered with patterns in the twilight of the chambers, an abandoned staff lies next to an overturned throne, and in the very center of the chambers two figures are illuminated: a father who has just committed something irreparable in an angry outburst, and a son dying in his arms. Despair, immeasurable love and horror are expressed on the face of Ivan Vasilyevich; he convulsively hugs the Tsarevich, tries to stop the bleeding by pressing the wound on his head, and the son, forgiving his father, falls to his chest. The senile appearance of the king with sharpened features looks in his loss at the same time pitiful and scary. Ivan’s face in comparison is more “alive”, spiritual, humane. Pity for his father overwhelms the Tsarevich, he experiences a feeling of forgiveness, it elevates him above all the petty passions unworthy of a person that caused his death, and cleanses his soul. This is exactly what the painting “Ivan the Terrible Kills His Son” demonstrates.

The fate of Repin's work

Now the canvas is kept in Moscow, in the Tretyakov Gallery. A group of Orthodox activists and historians in 2013 asked to remove it from there, as it offends the patriotic feelings of Russians. The request was denied. It must be said that this is not the first attack on the picture. When it was first presented to the general public at the 13th traveling exhibition, the whole of St. Petersburg was excited. Spectators literally besieged the building where the canvas hung. There were fierce debates: the intelligentsia and progressive youth were wildly delighted, while other St. Petersburg residents were indignant: “Is it possible to show filicide?” Among those who did not like the work was Emperor Alexander III, as a result of which it was banned from showing on April 1, 1885. This was the first film to be censored in the Russian Empire. However, just three months later, at the request of the artist A. Bogolyubov, who was close to the court, the ban was lifted.

Was there a murder?

At this very exhibition in St. Petersburg in 1885, the painting “Ivan the Terrible Kills His Son” was noticed by the outstanding Russian thinker and Chief Prosecutor of the Holy Synod, Konstantin Pobedonostsev. He was outraged by its plot, because, in his opinion, fiction was presented as fact. Pobedonostsev wrote a letter in which he said that this work of painting cannot be called historical, because the moment depicted is purely fantastic. How so? We were always told about the murder of Tsarevich Ivan by Ivan Vasilyevich as an indisputable fact, even in school textbooks it was written about this as an example of how cruel the Russian autocracy was. It was not entirely clear why Ivan the Terrible killed his son. But no one thought about how such information got into historical literature in the first place.

Dramatic event

In 1913, something strange happened at the Tretyakov Gallery. When examining Ilya Repin’s canvas “Ivan the Terrible and his son Ivan November 16, 1581,” icon painter Abram Balashov shouted: “Too much blood!” He then attacked the painting with a knife and cut it up. Repin immediately came to Moscow and, together with Igor Grabar, his former student and famous restorer, began restoration. The attempt on the work of painting received wide resonance in the press; there was even a debate on the topic of how ordinary people relate to the depiction of royal persons. Repin was unexpectedly accused of deliberately provoking people to aggression and of not understanding the situation in Russia. The artist was confused and very annoyed. He left Moscow in upset feelings and decided that he would never come to this city again.

Why did the Tsarevich die?

Metropolitan John of Ladoga and St. Petersburg in his book “Autocracy of the Spirit” denied the fact of the murder and stated that the death of the son of Ivan the Terrible was due to a serious illness. Indeed, in the surviving historical documents there is not a word about filicide. But numerous factors were discovered confirming that the crown prince died as a result of poisoning. V. Manyagin, in his 2003 work “Leader of the Church Militant,” wrote that Ivan was poisoned with sublimate, a poison that causes painful death if taken in an amount of 0.18 grams or more.

Exhumation

In the Archangel Cathedral of the Kremlin in 1963, four tombs were opened: commander Skopin-Shuisky, Tsarevich Ivan, Tsar Ivan Vasilyevich, Tsar. During the study of the remains, scientists discovered that all four skeletons contained approximately equal amounts of arsenic, and it did not exceed the norm. However, in the bones of Tsarevich Ivan and Tsar Ivan Vasilyevich, the presence of mercury was discovered in a dose significantly exceeding the permissible norm. Some historians argued that this was not poisoning, but the consequences of treatment with mercury ointments for syphilis. But as a result of research, no syphilitic changes were revealed in the remains of representatives of the royal family.

New facts

In 1990, a study was carried out of the burial places of the great Moscow queens and princesses. As a result, it was discovered that Elena Glinskaya, the mother of Ivan the Terrible, who died in 1538, and his first wife, who died in 1560, were poisoned with sublimate. That is royal family has been a victim of poisoning for several decades. The data from these and other studies allowed us to conclude that the murder of Ivan the Terrible’s son by his own father is a fiction; in fact, he was poisoned; this is supported by the fact that the poison content in his remains exceeds the permissible limit many times over. Thus, science categorically refutes the version of filicide.

Reward: $200.
Secrets: No.
Mission Boss: Vlad Glebov.

Vlad tells you that someone Ivan is going to rob Roman and you need to kill this scoundrel. Logical, isn't it? And this Ivan also annoyed Mikhail Faustin, so his life count has clearly come to an end. But!

You will have a choice - to leave Ivan alive or still kill him.

Once outside, take the car and drive to Roman's, to the parking lot. There, seeing you, Ivan will try to run away. Eventually you will reach a blocked road. Jump out of the car and chase Ivan around the construction site.

On the very last roof you will reach Ivan, and here you will have to choose: help him get to heaven or leave his life. If the latter is close to you, then Niko will simply call Vlad and deceive him, saying that he killed Ivan. If you kill, then exactly the same thing will happen.

12. Concrete Jungle

Reward: $200.
Secrets: No.
Mission Boss: Little Jacob.

Little Jacob wants you to take him to Willis, since he himself is not able to. When you arrive at the location, Jacob will ask you to stand in the alley. Wait for him there.

Then Jacob will say that we need to remove the guys who are running from the backyard. Run over two with a car, kill the third with a pistol. Once you're done with this, go back to the car and pick up Jacob.

Next, head towards Meadows Park. There we get out of the car and help Jacob kill one man in the house. It will be easier to do this if you use the cover of the wall (on PC by default this is done with the "Q" key) and shoot from the doorway from a safe position.

Shoot the guy on the stairs in the head. You will have to enter the building and take out two more dealers.

It's pretty easy. After completing the task, Jacob will ask you to take him home.

13. Uncle Vlad (Hoarder Vlad)

Reward: No.
Secrets: you will find out why you came to Liberty City.
Mission Boss: Roman Bellik.

Niko sees Roman drinking in sad loneliness. He finds out that Mallory seems to be somehow connected with Vlad, but Bellik’s cousin is very afraid of Glebov. Since Niko has his own suspicions about this, he himself goes to the showdown. Roman accompanies him so that he doesn’t do anything stupid.

Take a taxi and go to Vlad's Comrade bar. When you get there, talk to Vlad. He will set his bodyguards on you.

If you have a shotgun, then you can easily deal with these two idiots. After that, run after Vlad. He will run away in a car, you will catch up with him. Avoid huge trucks on your way.

Ultimately, Vlad will crash his car and try to escape on his own two feet. Get out of the car, watch the video.

After you learn about bullying people, take out a gun and fix it on Vlad.

14. Crime & Punishment

Reward: $200, Mikhail Faustin and Dmitry in contacts.
Secrets: No.
Mission Boss: Mikhail Faustin.

Roman hides in a trash can because Faustin and some tough guys are looking for him. Niko tells his brother that everything is fine, and immediately gets hit on the head by one of the “brothers.”

When you wake up, you realize that you are in the domain of Faustin. He already knows about the death of Vlad Glebov, but it’s okay - he didn’t particularly like him. Now you work for him.

Then Mikhail shoots Roman because he won’t stop screaming like a pregnant girl. The wound is not fatal (later Roman will say that he was shot in the stomach, although it seemed to be a leg and then tangentially).

Faustin needs a police car from you. By the way, I found someone to contact, right? I wish I could have asked Little Red Riding Hood for a wolf skin. So... Faustin needs a police car to steal a couple of TV vans.

Look for a police car. You can call the cops by calling 911, you can simply ram their car (any car), kill them when they get out, and go about your business. Or you can just wait at Faustin’s house. In a minute, a police car will arrive on some call, the cop will leave it on the side of the road. Feel free to take it and go on a mission.

Use GPS to find vans in the city. Don't crash the car!

Look for the target on the spot. Three vans, owned by Kenny Petrovich. They are marked on the map with turquoise dots. It's different every time.

Two of them will be empty, the third will be the one needed. Turn on the sirens, block them and approach the driver. He will open the van, if there is nothing there, move on. In the desired van there will be an aggressive passenger who will start shooting at you.

Once you have obtained the van by hook or by crook, follow the GPS to Hooper Street.

15. Do You Have Protection (Now you have a roof)

Reward: $400 and an open armory.
Secrets: No.
Mission Boss: Mikhail Faustin.

Since Faustin, roughly speaking, is “boozed,” Dmitry is currently issuing orders for him. He wants to be taken to a sex shop on Hove Beach.

Take the Turismo that is parked near Faustin's house and follow the GPS directions. Having arrived at the place, get out of the car and follow Dmitry.

He is angry because the guys in this store are selling porn without Faustin's consent. And he wants you to intimidate them. Target the guy on the right, then the guy on the left and shoot him in the leg. After this “suggestion”, they agree to pay Faustin part of the profits from sales.

Once you're done with this, return to Dmitry. He will demand to be taken to the weapons depot. There you can buy a weapon, Micro-SMG for $1200. But don’t be afraid – Faustin is paying for it. If you need ammo, it costs $100 for every 50 bullets. Pure rip off!

Having purchased what you need, return to Dmitry and take it home. The mission is over.

16. Final Destination

Reward: $900 and an open bridge.
Secrets: No.
Mission Boss: Mikhail Faustin.

Faustin suspects that there is a rat behind him. He has two options - either it's you (how could he even think that?!), or someone living in South Bohan. He wants you to prove your innocence and kill that guy, although Dmitry does not agree with such arrangements.

Take a car and go to Guantanamo Avenue. When you cross the bridge and are near your destination, call Faustin. He will still want the death of the “rat” from you.

Drive to the point, go up to the station platform and talk to Lenny. He will tell you to get rid of him, and he will set two of his friends on you. Deal with them and run after Lenny.

17. Logging On

Reward: Brucie is in contacts, an Internet cafe is open.
Secrets: If you want to see cards with secret packages, then go to www.hattheydonotwantyoutoknow.com
Mission Boss: Roman Bellik.

18. Shadow

Reward: $250 and additional missions from Jacob.
Secrets: Pay attention and you'll see a guy urinating on the wall.
Mission Boss: Little Jacob.

Someone does dark things and doesn't share with Little Jacob. Head to Southern Broker to track down this brazen dealer.

Arriving at the park, you see a dealer. You need to follow him slowly, without arousing suspicion or getting too close. Go through the alley and as soon as you reach the road, Roman will call, scaring the dealer.

After talking with Roman, run after the dealer into the building. Shoot the door lock to enter the apartment. Then use cover to take out the enemy on the right. Through the door, in the other room, there are two more guys.

Once you kill them, the mission will be completed.

19. No Love Lost

Reward: $600.
Secrets: No.
Mission Boss: Mikhail Faustin.

Mikhail Faustin wants to find out if his daughter Anna is having an affair with a certain biker Jason Michel. If so, then you will have to kill him.

As always, we take Faustin’s Turismo (what a nice car) and go to the place - Firefly Island.

After the cutscene in which Niko catches Anna Faustin with Michel, the biker will try to escape on his motorcycle. We follow him using a motorcycle parked sympathetically nearby.

Don't waste your expensive ammo on it by shooting it from your motorcycle. It's useless. There is a much more effective way to remove a biker. Stay on his tail. Later his friends, four in number, will appear.

When they turn left into Meadows Park, abandon the motorcycle and get into the nearby jeep.

Use the car to ram the bikers and run over them. If necessary, get out of the car and shoot, using it as cover.

After killing all five, including Jason, call Faustin and report successful completion tasks.

20. Rigged To Blow

Reward: $700.
Secrets: No.
Mission Boss: Mikhail Faustin.

After meeting Faustina's wife and listening to the story from their past, begin a new task. Mikhail wants you to get someone a certain truck.

Drive to the truck, which is located in the old factory. Get in the truck and call Faustin. He will cheerfully tell you that explosive there is more than enough in the van to ensure that not even a molecule remains of Niko.

And this truck needs to be delivered to the garage. Manage it as carefully as possible. The truck is not very fast, but it is not recommended to take turns even at its maximum speed.

Once you've delivered the truck, walk away and enjoy the big BANG!

In the section on the question Question about GTA 4: What will happen if you kill Darko, and what will happen if you leave him alive. given by the author Worldview the best answer is I personally didn't kill him. I just moved away from him. And he started running back and forth screaming like a madman. In general, while playing GTA 4, I tried not to kill people who were unarmed, like Darko. Whether you kill him or leave him alive is your business, your choice will not affect further development events.
Here is the walkthrough of the mission with Darko:
Someone important
Immediately after the mission with the destruction of the vans, you will receive a call and be told that Darko Brevic has arrived in the country. Niko calls Roman and says that Darko has arrived. He wants to go with his brother.
Take a car and pick up Roman on Firefly Island. From there go to the airport. Go through the security post and go to the mission marker.
You will have a choice - kill Darko or give him life. This choice is especially important after Niko learns the ridiculous price of the death of his friends - one thousand dollars. Niko is furious, but Roman will advise leaving Darko alive so that he will suffer even more. Take your pick, I personally killed him.

Whatever you choose, Roman will ask you to take him to Brucie. Having arrived at the place, he will invite Niko to go with him, but he will refuse, asking him to leave him alone.

On November 19, 1582, the son of Ivan the Terrible, Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich, died. This event became fatal for Russian history. And one of the most confusing.

Fatal intercession

One of the main versions of the murder of his son by Ivan the Terrible is known to us from the words of Antonio Possevino, the papal legate. According to this version, Ivan the Terrible found his son's wife, Elena, in an inappropriate manner. Ivan the Terrible's daughter-in-law was pregnant and lay in her underwear. Ivan IV became angry and began to “teach” Elena, hit her in the face and beat her with a staff. Here, according to the same Possevino, the son of the Terrible, Ivan, ran into the chambers and began to reproach his father with these words: “You imprisoned my first wife in a monastery for no reason, did the same with the second wife, and now you are beating the third to destroy your son, whom she bears in her womb." The ending is known. The father's staff also reached his son, breaking his skull.

This version, which has become a textbook version, is criticized today. It was beneficial to present Ivan IV as a ruthless son-killer for at least two reasons: firstly, the Russian Tsar appeared in an unseemly light, and secondly, such horrors, which, according to the assurances of the same Possevino, were happening in Rus', legitimized the European Inquisition.

Political infighting

According to another version, politics became the “stumbling block” between the son and his father. This version was voiced in his “History” by Nikolai Karamzin: “The prince, filled with noble jealousy, came to his father and demanded that he send him with an army to expel the enemy, liberate Pskov, and restore the honor of Russia. John, in a flurry of anger, shouted: “Rebel! You, together with the boyars, want to overthrow me from the throne,” and raised his hand. Boris Godunov wanted to keep her. The king gave him several wounds with his sharp staff and hit the prince hard on the head with it. This unfortunate man fell, bleeding!" It is significant that this version, accepted by Karamzin as reliable, belonged to the same Antonio Possevino. The reliability of this completely literary presentation is even more doubtful than the first version; it is not confirmed by any other evidence. However, there is a grain of truth in this version. It is that the situation in last years The reign of Ivan the Terrible at court was, to put it mildly, tense. It was extremely difficult to survive in such an environment.

Who wrote history

It is amazing with what amazing credulity Russian historians, and first of all Karamzin, “wrote history”, focusing on the testimony of Antonio Possevino, the legate of Pope Gregory XIII, the German Heinrich Staden and the Frenchman Jacques Marzharette. In any historical interpretation, especially foreign ones, one should look for who benefits from it. The same Staden, returning to Germany, outlined a project for the conquest of Muscovy, proposing to destroy churches and monasteries, abolish the Orthodox faith, and then turn the inhabitants into slaves. It is with regret that we must admit that the historian Zabelin was right when he wrote: “As you know, we very diligently only deny and denounce our history and do not dare to think about any characters or ideals. We do not allow anything ideal in our history... Our entire history is a dark kingdom of ignorance, barbarism, superstition, slavery and so on...”

Poisoning?

In 1963, in the Archangel Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin, the tombs of Tsar Ivan Vasilyevich and Tsarevich Ivan Ioannovich were opened. Subsequent reliable studies, medical-chemical and medical-forensic examinations of the honest remains of the prince showed that the permissible content of mercury was 32 times higher than the permissible content, arsenic and lead were several times higher. Due to the poor preservation of bone tissue, it was impossible to reliably establish whether Ivan Ivanovich’s skull was fractured. Taking into account the fact that Ivan the Terrible’s mother and his first wife also died from seleme poisoning, the version of the poisoning of Ivan the Terrible’s son seems most likely. Another question: who was the poisoner?

Didn't kill

Ivan the Terrible did not kill his son. This is precisely the version adhered to, for example, by the Chief Prosecutor of the Holy Synod, Konstantin Pobedonostsev. Seeing the famous painting by Repin at the exhibition, he was outraged and wrote to Emperor Alexander III: “It is impossible to call the picture historical, since this moment ... is purely fantastic.” An analysis of what happened in 1582 confirms Pobedonostsev’s thought; it is precisely “fantastic.” Since Repin painted the picture, the version of “Ivan the Terrible killed his son” has become a kind of historical meme. It is so ingrained in the mind that the idea of ​​Grozny’s innocence in his son’s death is often simply not considered. By the way, the picture has a difficult fate. In February 1913, she was severely damaged by the knife of the Old Believer Abram Baloshov, and more recently, Orthodox activists appealed to the Minister of Culture with a request to remove the painting from the Tretyakov Gallery.