Ivan IV Thunderstorm. The most controversial sovereign of all Rus'. Borovkov D.

The book contains three historiographic portraits of Ivan IV of the Terrible - the ruler, we begin to realize the true meaning and role of which in Russian history only today. They were created by representatives of different historical and methodological directions, and each of the authors tried to reveal the biography of the sovereign in their own way. This gives the reader a unique opportunity - to independently compare approaches, sometimes significantly diverging in assessments of such a bright personality of Russian history, and form their own opinion.