About the book: 2024 / What do we know about the reign of Ivan VI? This period of history is known to everyone as the Women's Age, the time of a succession of women on the throne. Few people wondered about the reign of Ivan Antonovich, namely, the short period of his reign reflects all the vicissitudes and intrigues that engulfed the throne. We know many examples of children at the head of the state, but what - or rather, who is behind them? How the great women of the 18th century ruled, and how one of them created Ivan VI, the other took advantage of his position, the third could not maintain his power, the fourth deprived him of his future, and the fifth created the conditions under which he lost his life.