“Moscow is coming! Bury yourself! » — shouted in Russia from time immemorial, fearing a quick reprisal and ruthless power. Two autocrats, two Ivans come to life in front of the audience in the new audiobook by Boris Akunin. One of them, Ivan III, was called the Terrible by his contemporaries, the other — Ivan IV — by his descendants.
The novel «Widow’s Plate», which takes place in the 1470s, is dedicated to the collision of two systems of government: the totalitarian Moscow and democratic Novgorod.
The story «The Sign of Cain» describes the events that took place a century later, at the time of the oprichnina.
And which of the two Ivanov was more formidable, to judge the listener …
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