Daniil Lukich Mordovtsev (1830-1905) is a famous writer, a master of Russian historical prose, in whose works enthusiasm and reliability were successfully combined. In this book, we represent the chosen chapters from his four -volume composition “Russian Historical Women”. This is a gallery of portraits of wonderful Russian women from the times of “pre -Petrine Rus” until the middle of the 19th century.
A deep knowledge of the history and talent of the writer resurrect the most interesting characters of Russian history: Princess Olga, Elena Glinskaya, the wives of Ivan the Terrible, Irina and Ksenia Godunovs, Marina Mnishek, Ksenia Romanov, Anna Mons and her sister Matrena Balka, Peter II brides and Ekaterina Dolverky and that who can be called the prototype of wives Decembrists, Natalia Dolgoruky and Ekaterina Golovkin, and many other wonderful women, including the royal persons – Elizabeth Petrovna and her sister, the Duchess of Golstinskaya, Anna Ioannovna and Anna Leopoldovna …
Author
Mordovtsev Daniil Lukich
Editor
Abovskaya Svetlana Naumovna
Publisher
Olmamediagrupp/Enlightenment, 2014
Series
Gift publications. Great Russia
12+
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