Apology of the formidable king. 10th edition, fixed and supplemented. Manyagin V.G.

He took Kazan and Astrakhan, created the modern state of the Russian state, and it was deleted from the project of the Millennium of Russia monument Emperor Alexander P. Orthodox people inscribed his name among the saints, and the Orthodox hierarchs call him a maniac and a killer. Over 50 years of his reign, he executed 8 times less than the French king Charles IX killed for one Bartholomew’s night - and historians declared him the greatest tyrant of all time. In his entire life, he never missed the church service - and he was attributed to the murder of Metropolitan Philip and his own son. They lied about him during his lifetime and after death. But the time has come to cleanse the memory of the first Russian Tsar Ivan Vasilyevich IV Grozny. He died more than 400 years ago, but his name still causes acute interest. Some see in him a bloodthirsty villain, others - a great historical figure, others revere him as a saint. Today they talk about him from high stands and on church councils. And this is no accident. The question of the historical role of the formidable king is the question of the authorities. Modern Russia needs an iron hand, capable of leading it to victory through the upcoming trials. In the XVI century, the Moscow sovereign managed not only to save Rus' from the collapse, but also to turn it into a great empire. What was this king? What did it mean to our country and for the whole world? Will today's leaders of Russia be able to use the political and spiritual heritage of Ivan IV? About this new - supplemented and corrected - edition of the book of the writer and journalist Vyacheslav Manyagin.