About the book: 2022 / This book is for all lovers of Russian history. It talks about the most mysterious and controversial period in the history of our country - the Time of Troubles. The reader of the book will find out whether Ivan “the Terrible” was crazy and a tyrant. Did he kill his son? Is the “Uglich case” genuine? Were there councils to elect Boris Godunov and Mikhail Romanov? What did Marina Mnishek eat at the feast, what dresses did she wear and how did she dance? What is the real name of “False Dmitry I”, as well as the second, third and fourth “False Dmitry”? Who were all those 20 “impostors”, pretenders to the Russian throne? I’ll say right away - all the princes were real. Finally, the reader will be able to find the answer to the main question: who really won the Troubles? The book is based on an analysis of a wide range of historical sources and literature. As a kind of illustrative material, it includes excerpts from the author’s story “Curse. The Tale of the Russian Feast and the Russian Revolt" and the story "Russian Reformation. Stoglav».