For centuries the exchange of letters between Ivan the Terrible (1530-1584) and Prince Kurbskii, Muscovy's first notable defector, has been considered an authentic and important source for sixteenth-century Russian history. Keenan draws on all the tools of source study and liter…
Traces the role of Ivan the Terrible in Russian history and the thinking of Russian historians, emphasizing the political actions and ideals of the sixteenth-century czar as they have shaped Russia's development through the present.
Ivan the Terrible
by Skrynnikov, R. G., Graham, Hugh F.
fromRussian series (Academic International Press)
Ivan the Terrible
by Skrynnikov, R. G., Graham, Hugh F.
fromRussian series (Academic International Press)
Portrays Ivan the Terrible with his many contradictions: as an outstanding military leader, diplomat, and man of letters, and as a savage and almost insane tyrant. -- Author's introduction.
