Women of the Rurikovich"s House

Before you are a gallery of portraits of remarkable Russian women from home Rurikovichi - wives and sisters of Russian princes and kings who left their mark in domestic history. These portraits belong to Peru Daniel Lukich Mordovtseva (1830-1905) - one of the best masters of Russian historical prose, the author of several dozen novels, withstanding countless reprints for 150 years. His biographical essays in which historical reliability is successfully combined with improving and beautiful literary language, resurrect the fate and characters of famous women of the past.
In the book, covering the seven centuries of Russian history, stories are collected dedicated to women from home Rurikovich. Some, such as Princess Olga, are known to you from school bench, you may find out about others for the first time. For example, about the Polotsk Princess Rogned, who became the first pagan wife Vladimir Saint - because of this underwent prince, Prince Vladimir practically erased from the face of the Polotsk Principality. Or about Sofier Paleologist, who brought European culture to Russia and contributed to the liberation of the country from the Tatar yoke. You will learn about the favorite and unloved wives of Ivan the Terrible and his mother Elena Glinskaya zealously defending the Russian throne for Son, about Irina Godunova, the wife of the last king from Rurikovich"s family and other historical women