Императрица Фике

This book by Vs.N.Ivanov includes three stories about Russian antiquity, resurrecting for the modern reader some turning points in the history of the formation and stages of development of Russian statehood in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.

“Ivan the Third” depicts the time of the end of the Tatar-Mongol yoke and the strengthening of the power of the Moscow prince, who gathered under his hand scattered Russian lands, small principalities and cities and the Russian centralized state that laid the foundation for European policy.

“The Night of Tsar Peter” gives pictures of the struggle of the old boyar way of life against Peter’s reforms. A well-known episode of this struggle - the clash between Tsarezich Alexei Petrovich and his father - appears under the pen of Be. N. Ivanova in all its colorfulness and authenticity.

“Empress Fike” is a documentary chronicle of the initial period of the fierce struggle that accompanied the emergence of Russia on the world stage, - intrigues and conspiracies around the Russian throne. All three stories are written on specific historical material, supported by excerpts from letters, decrees, chronicles and chronicles of that time.