The court struggle in the Russian state of the 30s of the XVI century

The monograph discusses the main events of the court struggle in Moscow since the dying illness of Grand Duke Vasily Ivanovich until the summer of 1538. This period occupies a special place in the history of the Russian state.
In the center of this study, there are court struggle, conflicts, the main outbursts of which are associated with the dying orders of Grand Duke Vasily Ivanovich, the arrest of Yuri Dmitrovsky, the events of the summer of 1534, the “rebellion” of Andrei Staritsky, changes in the ruling circles of the Russian state after death after death after death after death The ruler of Elena Glinsky in the spring of 1538. The book examined the forces on which Elena Glinskaya relied on, and also shows whose support helped her to receive and maintain power in the country, tells how contemporaries were related to her rule and whether they perceived her as legitimate ruler