Moscow kingdom

The “Moscow kingdom " - the last book from the famous cycle of George Vernadsky - covers 150 years that have been the reign of Ivan the Terrible, the Time of Troubles, the approval of the Romanovs, church schism, reunification with Ukraine, the uprising of Stepan Razin, the conquest of Siberia, the first diplomatic contacts with China. This is a book about how Russia, having gone through great shocks, managed not only to survive, but also to lay the foundation for creating a great empire, spread out in two parts of the world. Presenting a wide historical canvas, the author, however, does not avoid details that help to understand the political cuisine of the kings, processes within the Russian Church, international ties, the subtleties of relations with the Gentiles, the patient’s patient attitude to the "betrayals of the Ukrainian Cossacks and most importantly - how he lived in that A difficult time ordinary Russian person.
George Vernadsky (1888-1973)-Russian-American historian, professor of Yale University, son of Vladimir Vernadsky and student Vasily Klyuchevsky