Kuzma Minin against the backdrop of the Time of Troubles. Perkhavko V.

The circle of written sources about Kuzma Minin is very narrow. Therefore, the only way to talk about him if we are talking about a popular science biography, where the facts will be separated from legends, but legends will take their place is to resort to the method of historical reconstruction. Which was done by Valery Perkhavko. As a result, a text appeared in which everything that is about Minina in the documents of the era was recreated, the atmosphere in which his character was formed was recreated, and many information about the life and lifestyle of the Russian townspeople of the late XVI - early XVII centuries was given. In addition, it is described about the antipode of Minin-the merchant Andronov, who, under the Polish-Lithuanian intervention, was met, despite the low origin, in the Boyar Duma, the history of the construction of the monument to Minin and Pozharsky on Red Square in Moscow was described in detail and special attention was paid to how from The interweaving of real facts and legends was formed by the memory of the heroes and anti -heroes of the Time of Troubles.

Valery Perkhavko - Doctor of Historical Sciences, leading researcher at the Institute of Russian History of the Russian Academy of Sciences.