Борис Годунов. Трагедия о добром царе

"...I malʹchiki krovavye v glazakh..." Bolʹshinstvu iz nas t͡sarʹ Boris Fe­dorovich Godunov (1552-1605) i nyne predstavli͡aetsi͡a takim, kakim izobra­zil ego v svoeĭ bessmertnoĭ tragedii A. S. Pushkin. Vpervye v russkoĭ is­torii dostigshiĭ vyssheĭ vlasti ne v silu proiskhozhdenii͡a, ne po pravu prinadlezhnosti k pravi͡ashcheĭ dinastii, no blagodari͡a svoemu umu, sposobno­sti͡am i umenii͡u upravli͡atʹ stranoĭ, Godunov mnogo sdelal dli͡a blaga Otechest­va - no v pami͡ati pokoleniĭ vse ravno ostalsi͡a zhestokim ubiĭt͡seĭ neschast­nogo t͡sarevicha Dmitrii͡a, poslednego otpryska dinastii Ri͡urikovicheĭ. Tenʹ nevinno ubiennogo t͡sarevicha presledovala ego vsi͡u zhiznʹ i v konechnom ito­ge stala prichinoĭ krakha vsekh ego nachinaniĭ i gibeli ego sobstvennoĭ semʹi. No byl li on prichasten k tem prestuplenii͡am, v kotorykh ego obvini͡ai͡ut? Che­go bolʹshe bylo v ego t͡sarstvovanii - genii͡a ili zlodeĭstva? I naskolʹko uzhivai͡utsi͡a ėti kachestva v odnom cheloveke? Obo vsem ėtom, a takzhe ob isto­rii Rossii na rubezhe XVI-XVII vekov, v samyĭ kanun Velikoĭ Smuty, ed­va ne pogubivsheĭ Rossiĭskoe gosudarstvo, rassuzhdaet v svoeĭ novoĭ knige izvestnyĭ istorik, postoi͡annyĭ avtor serii "Zhiznʹ zamechatelʹnykh li͡udeĭ" Vi͡acheslav Nikolaevich Kozli͡akov.

"...And the boys blood in his eyes..." Most of us Tsar Boris Godunov (1552-1605) and now seems to be the way he depicted it in his immortal tragedy of A. S. Pushkin. For the first time in Russian history, attained the highest power, not by descent, not by right of belonging to a ruling dynasty, but because of his intelligence, ability and ability to run the country, Godunov has done a lot for the good of the Fatherland — but in the memory of generations still remained a cruel murderer of the unfortunate Tsarevich Dmitry, the last Scion of the Rurik dynasty. Shadow innocently murdered Prince pursued him all his life and eventually caused the failure of all his endeavors and death of his own family. But whether he was involved in those crimes he is accused of? What more was in his reign of genius or of villainy? And how these qualities coexist in one person? All this, and also about the history of Russia at the turn of XVI—XVII centuries, on the eve of great Turmoil, nearly destroyed the Russian state, says in his new book, renowned historian, a regular contributor to the series "Life of remarkable people" Vyacheslav Kozlyakov.