Chronology from John. Ivanov A.

This is not a historical narrative, although almost all its heroes are real historical personalities, but the eschatological concept of the oprichnina, developed by the Doctor of Historical Sciences Andrei Lvovich Yurganov, is based on. This is a novel- mystery. In it, the riders of the Apocalypse appear over the Kremlin, and the queen turns into biblical locusts, in it Jesus buries Russian warriors sent under Polotsk, and Grozny feasts with the warlocks, sorcerers and the dead. The novel is not a chronicle of the atrocities of “pogoshnikov”, but a parable about the curse of Russian power.

Ivan the Terrible is waiting for the end of the world. In the pride of autocracy, he imagines himself the Savior of his people, the Christ of the second coming. And establishes the oprichnin - the Order of the Protection of Faith. If the people believe in the king as in God, the king will become a miracle worker. With a wave of his hand, he will plunge all enemies to dust and cover the ground with obese nivs. It is only necessary to force the people to believe in the king. Make a force - terror of the oprichnina. But the Solovetsky abbot Philip, a simple and clear person, cannot serve the king as God. And then the eyes are mixed in the eyes and a cross rises against the swing of the ax.