Ivan the Terrible. Boris Godunov

This edition presents two works of the outstanding Russian historian Sergei Fedorovich Platonov, dedicated to personalities who played a huge role in the history of Russia. What was King Ivan the Terrible? A crazy villain, combining autocracy with "timidity and baseness of spirit", or an outstanding personality? You will find the answer to this question in the book. Who is Boris Godunov really - a sage or a criminal? The author, based on numerous historical sources, talks about one of the most unusual monarchs in Russian throne, a talented policy that has risen to the throne thanks to personal abilities, and not by the right of inheritance. The book of S.F. Platonov, with his inconsistency and objectivity, will undoubtedly interest readers who are not indifferent to the true history of Russia