Boris Godunov: The Tragedy of the Good Tsar
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Boris Godunov: The Tragedy of the Good Tsar
19.99 €
15.99 €
"...And the bloody boys in their eyes..." Most of us still imagine Tsar Boris Fyodorovich Godunov (1552-1605) as he was portrayed in his immortal tragedy by A.S. Pushkin. For the first time in Russian history, Godunov achieved supreme power not by virtue of his birth, not by right of belonging to the ruling dynasty, but thanks to his intelligence, abilities and skill in governing the country. He did a lot for the good of the Fatherland - but in the memory of generations he still remains the cruel murderer of the unfortunate Tsarevich Dmitry, the last scion of the Rurik dynasty. The shadow of the innocently murdered Tsarevich haunted him all his life and ultimately became the cause of the collapse of all his undertakings and the death of his own family. But was he involved in the crimes of which he is accused? What was more in his reign - genius or villainy? And to what extent can these qualities coexist in one person? All this, as well as the history of Russia at the turn of the 16th-17th centuries, on the very eve of the Great Troubles, which almost destroyed the Russian state, is discussed in his new book by the famous historian, regular author of the series “The Lives of Remarkable People” Vyacheslav Nikolaevich Kozlyakov.
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- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
- All books in the series The lives of remarkable people