The History of Russia. The Time of Troubles of the Moscow State. The End of the History of Russia under the First Dynasty.

The outstanding Russian historian, prominent publicist, and social figure D.I. Ilovaisky investigates the Time of Troubles - an era of intervention, false claims to the throne, betrayals, monstrous destruction, and a powerful patriotic movement organized by the best representatives of... the Russian people. The historian analyzes the causes and consequences of the "hellish scheme" against the Moscow State, a scheme that arose and was implemented in a hostile environment of Polish and Polonized Western Russian aristocracy, the fruit of which was the false claims to the throne. And although Russia took almost all of the first half of the 17th century to recover from the severe consequences of the Time of Troubles, the author concludes that "Moscow built the state edifice solidly and logically, and no storms or upheavals could shake its foundations." As a result of the victory of Russian arms, a new ruling dynasty - the Romanov dynasty - emerges on the historical stage. The book is accompanied by extensive notes, which contain quotations and references to documentary materials, including Russian chronicles, government decrees, letters, and historical studies by other authors.