Violetta Potyakhina is a philologist specializing in medieval studies and a teacher at the L.M. Bash School of Young Philologists. About the book “Russia of the Riling Century: Scandals, Intrigues, Investigations”: This is an immersion into astonishing events in the history of 17th-century Russia. The interrupted Riurik dynasty, impostors on the throne, church reforms, uprisings and upheavals—these are key events that defined the name of this era.
However, the riling century was not only a time of tragic events in Russian history—it also gave our literature its first poems, contributed to the appearance of the first news newspaper, prepared the ground for revolutionary reforms under Peter I, and much more. Precisely at this time there was a shift from the old, medieval worldview of the Russian person.
This book is your little lantern in the murky period of Russian history! From the book “Russia of the Riling Century: Scandals, Intrigues, Investigations,” you’ll also learn:
• whether witches were persecuted in Rus’;
• what an up-to-date checklist would look like for a foreign ambassador in Russia;
• what shocked Russian people about foreign travelers.