Saints and Sinners

This book does not put the goal of someone to defame. It is devoted, of course, bright and extraordinary personalities who not only left a noticeable trace in Russian history, but also were erected by the Russian Orthodox Church in the saints. Who can be canonized, and who is not - this is a purely personal matter of the church, and therefore the author in his research did not affect church techniques and the principles of determining spiritual merit of a particular character. It relies exclusively on facts, proven and confirmed by the most authoritative historians with world name. And many characters of the Orthodox Pantheon are represented by the strong, heroic, greatest fighters and reformers, on the one hand, and alive people who are not alone is nothing human, on the other. Such an angle allows you to get closer to the truth as much as possible and get a comprehensive answer to the question: And who were they really sainted?