Stories About Ivan the Terrible

Works by a connoisseur of Russian history and an outstanding children’s writer, Sergey Petrovich Alekseev, are a living and exciting journey into the past of our Motherland. His stories awaken children’s interest in studying the history of the Fatherland, teach them to be proud of their ancestors, and raise patriotism.

In simple and vivid language, entertaining and accessible, the author tells about the life of Ivan IV, nicknamed the Terrible, about the difficult and harsh time of his reign: the childhood and youth of Tsar Ivan, his military campaigns and the building of new cities and temples; the first printed Russian book and the first geographic map; the conquest of Siberia by Ermak and the cruel years of the oprichnina. The children also learn who interpreters were and where the word “kopeck” came from, what the Robber’s Order was, what a “big muster” and the favorite headman were, and much other information from distant times.