Ivan groznyj. Proceedings on blood. Ushakov A.

Ivan the Terrible is one of the most controversial and contradictory figures in Russian history, which always attracted the attention of historians, writers, artists. The first Russian king, a talented statesman, a wise reformer, a strong strategist and politician, but at the same time a cruel ruler reveling in power, who led his dynasty to sunset.

In his book, the author pays great attention to the psychological drama of the patient and tormented by the torment of the remorse of the soul of Ivan IV, in which the most incredible way pathological cruelty got along with deep religiosity: in it, according to F. Dostoevsky, “the devil with God with God Fight. "