History of the Russian State. Volume 9. Continuation of the Reign of Ivan the Terrible. 1560–1584.

Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin (1766–1826), a Russian historian and writer, an honorary member of the St. Petersburg Academy (1818). Creator of The History of the Russian State (vols. 1–12, 1816–29), one of the most significant works in Russian historiography. Founder of Russian sentimentalism (Letters of a Russian Traveler, Poor Liza, etc.). Editor of The Moscow Journal and The Herald of Europe.

From 1803 until his death, Karamzin worked “by the highest order” on The History of the Russian State. The main idea of Karamzin’s History is that Russia’s fate and its greatness are embodied in the development of autocracy. Under strong rule, Russia flourished; under weak rule, it fell into decline.

This volume presents volume 9 of The History of the Russian State.
* Chapter I. Continuation of the reign of Ivan the Terrible. 1560–1564.
* Chapter II. Continuation of the reign of Ivan the Terrible. 1563–1569.
* Chapter III. Continuation of the reign of Ivan the Terrible. 1569–1572.
* Chapter IV. Continuation of the reign of Ivan the Terrible. 1572–1577.
* Chapter V. Continuation of the reign of Ivan the Terrible. 1577–1582.
* Chapter VI. The first conquest of Siberia. 1581–1584.
* Chapter VII. Continuation of the reign of Ivan the Terrible. 1582–1584.