History of the Russian State. Volume 10. The Reign of Feodor Ioannovich. 1584–1598

Nikolay Mikhailovich Karamzin (1766–1826) — a Russian historian and man of letters, an honorary member of the St. Petersburg Academy (1818). Author of the monumental "History of the Russian State" (vols. 1–12, 1816–1829), one of the key works of Russian historiography. One of the founders of Russian sentimentalism ("Letters of a Russian Traveler," "Poor Liza," etc.). He was editor of the "Moscow Journal" and the "Herald of Europe."

Beginning in 1803 and until the end of his life, by "the highest command," Karamzin worked on the "History of the Russian State." Its central idea is that Russia’s destiny and its might are determined by the strengthening of autocratic power: with firm rule the country reached its flourishing, with weakening authority — it experienced decline.

You are holding the tenth volume of "History of the Russian State."

* Chapter I. The Reign of Fyodor Ivanovich. 1584—1587
* Chapter II. Further Reign of Fyodor Ivanovich. 1587—1592
* Chapter III. Continuation of the Reign of Fyodor Ivanovich. 1591—1598
* Chapter IV. Russia at the End of the 16th Century