Famous industrialist Ivan Vasilyevich Orlov suffers an airplane crash. But instead of death, he gets a chance at a new life—his consciousness is transferred into the body of a young Ivan IV, not yet “the Terrible.” Surprise? Yes. But not confusion! He quickly throws himself into political struggle. What are the boyars’ intrigues worth against a man who survived the “wild nineties”?
And how many great deeds still await him… Crush the opposition of the oligarch-boyars, create and train a regular army, take Kazan and Astrakhan, all while handing out beatings to the Ottomans… And it would also be nice to find a wife to match. For example, Elizabeth Tudor, who in those years was languishing as a disgraced princess on the outskirts of England…
But the main thing is to find money for all of it!