Анна Иоанновна. Немцы при дворе

A new book by the famous historian and writer Nikolai Pavlenko is dedicated to the ten-year reign (1730-1740) of Empress Anna Ioannovna. The author skillfully and scrupulously describes this period of "German dominance" in Russia through the biographies of the main characters of the era - Biron, Osterman, Munnich, Volynsky and others. To more accurately recreate the image of the empress and her associates, the writer draws on a large number of documentary sources, including archival materials, many of which are presented for the first time. To the question of whether there was Bironovism in Russia, the writer in his novel gives a positive answer. It is no coincidence that contemporaries called Biron "the uncrowned ruler of Russia."