Tsar-reformer Fedor Alekseevich. The elder brother of Peter I
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As the golden years of prosperity, the reign of the elder brother Peter I (1676-1682) was remembered by our ancestors: a wise and educated sovereign, in which Russia carried out deep transformations, won the place of a great power and took important steps in cultural development. It was King Fedor that approved the new concept of the Russian autocratic Orthodox kingdom, which became the foundation of the state ideology of the Russian Empire. However, his reign was forgotten, and the ideas about the personality of the converter were distorted for the sake of the exaltation of his younger brother Peter.
The first part of the book presents personal life, the motives of state decisions and plans of the king, shows the reforms carried out and his reforms for the common good and popular benefits", and the secrets of international politics and palace intrigues are revealed. Particular attention is paid to the cultural background and motivation of reforms, which sharply worried the king issues of meaning and price of transformations.
More than a quarter of a century of archival research and attracting all the achievements of colleagues allowed the author to recreate the true image of the Russian state of the 17th century, to show his successful development to Peter and without Peter. Instead of the usual picture of “dark and unenlightened Russia ", the reader gets acquainted with the genuine appearance of the rich blooming Russia, a powerful and rapidly developing state.
The second part of the book is the publication of sources. General state documents and works of contemporaries reveal the identity of the great sovereign and directly introduce the reader into his era. Acquaintance with the most important, including secret in the XVII century. texts in which direct speech is heard
sovereign reformer will allow the reader to form his own judgment
About King Fedor and the Russian power, which he seriously and devotedly served.
The book is designed for specialists and lovers of genuine history
The first part of the book presents personal life, the motives of state decisions and plans of the king, shows the reforms carried out and his reforms for the common good and popular benefits", and the secrets of international politics and palace intrigues are revealed. Particular attention is paid to the cultural background and motivation of reforms, which sharply worried the king issues of meaning and price of transformations.
More than a quarter of a century of archival research and attracting all the achievements of colleagues allowed the author to recreate the true image of the Russian state of the 17th century, to show his successful development to Peter and without Peter. Instead of the usual picture of “dark and unenlightened Russia ", the reader gets acquainted with the genuine appearance of the rich blooming Russia, a powerful and rapidly developing state.
The second part of the book is the publication of sources. General state documents and works of contemporaries reveal the identity of the great sovereign and directly introduce the reader into his era. Acquaintance with the most important, including secret in the XVII century. texts in which direct speech is heard
sovereign reformer will allow the reader to form his own judgment
About King Fedor and the Russian power, which he seriously and devotedly served.
The book is designed for specialists and lovers of genuine history