The Basurman
20 hrs. 13 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Ivan Lazhechnikov
Author
Ivan Lazhechnikov
Narrator
Evgeny Ternovsky
Narrator
Evgeny Ternovsky
Description
The story takes place during the reign of Ivan III, who has set his mind on uniting the scattered Russian principalities into a single, powerful state. To achieve this goal, he invites “a people-child” to serve—overseas craftsmen. Among others, an architect and engineer, Aristotle Fioravanti, arrives in log-built Moscow, along with the doctor Anton Ehrenstein, brought up by his brother. Anton’s enemies—Muscovites—consider him a sorcerer and a non-Christian (“a foreigner,” “basurman”). Anton’s noble aspirations, and his love for a nobleman’s daughter, Anastasia, are crushed by the deep-rooted stubbornness. The situation is further worsened by court intrigues, in which Sophia Paleolog’s brother and the family of the Tatar prince are drawn.
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