Spanning the years from the late 15th to the early 20th centuries, "Chronicle of the Russian Tsars" documents the lives of tsars famous and infamous in a lively sequence of biographical portraits. Discover the facts behind the reputations of rulers such as Ivan the Terrible, whose reign of terror was unparalleled in Russian history until Stalin,- Peter the Great, dynamic reformer and dedicated Westernizer; Catherine the Great, the determined young German princess who usurped power and is remembered for her interest in the Enlightenment and for her colourful private life; and the last tsar, Nicholas II, a weak-willed ruler in a period of devastating change. Here too are the less familiar but equally intriguing personalities who occupied Russia's imperial throne: the pious but feeble Feodor I, the warm-hearted and irascible Alexei Mikhailovich, and the Empress Anna, with her taste for cruel practical jokes. "Chronicle of the Russian Tsars" also introduces some of the key debates...

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