A novel about a semi-legendary hero and robber, written by a famous Russian historian, reveals to the reader the majestic and tragic events of Russian history in the middle of the sixteenth century. Not everything described by the talented scholar, who this time appears as a novelist, actually took place in reality. But Kostomarov brilliantly captured the multifaceted and contradictory character of life in that era โ through the images of the autocrat Ivan the Terrible and the robber Kudeyar.
For all those interested in Russian history.