About the book: 2007 / Ruslan Grigorievich Skrynnikov. Time of Troubles: The Collapse of the Kingdom / Ruslan Skrynnikov. - M.: ACT: ACT MOSCOW: KHRANITEL, 2007. - 542, [2] pp. Time of Troubles. The civil war that befell Russia at the beginning of the 17th century. What was its main cause? The terrible era of the reign of Ivan the Terrible? The “Great Famine”, in which the desperate people blamed the usurper Boris Godunov? The sophisticated Polish-Lithuanian intrigue, as a result of which the impostor False Dmitry ended up on the throne? Or something else? These are just a few of the questions answered by R.G.'s fascinating historical narrative. Skrynnikov, dedicated to the causes and events of the Time of Troubles.