Ivan groznyj. Detailed biography. Skrynnikov R.G.

Tsar Ivan the Terrible is one of the most ambiguous rulers in Russian history. A talented statesman, a wise reformer - and a bloody tyrant, a man who plunged his people into the chaos of monstrous repressions. What was he, Ivan the Terrible, the first crowned king of all Rus', the sovereign who had a key influence on Russian history? What role did he play in the growth and decline of the powerful power and in the sunset of the Rurikovich dynasty?

The answers to these questions suggests in his fundamental and at the same time fascinating book a famous historian, a world -famous scientist Skrynnikov.