Architects. Volkov A.M.

In the book “Architects” the outstanding classic of children's literature, the author of the famous “Wizard of the Emerald City” Alexander Volkov turns to the place and time not so fantastic, but no less unusual and interesting. The action of the novel unfolds in the era of John the Terrible, when the young king is ruthlessly punishes the rebellious northern cities and wages a fierce war with the Kazan Khanate. The time in Pskov is growing in this terrible and decisive time for the Moscow principality, endowed with an amazing gift of the artist. He, the son of a simple carpenter, is destined to become a witness and a participant in historical events: popular uprisings, the battles of the Russian and Tatar army, victory near Kazan and, finally, the erection of the St. Basilian Cathedral - a miracle of domestic architecture.