The State of the Russian Empire

The writing of Captain Jacques Margeret, who served as Boris Godunov and the False Dmitry I, containing a description of the "Russian Empire" and the turbulent events of the beginning of the Troubles, is one of the brightest and most informative evidence foreigners about Russia. The book is published again translated text Margeret a copy of the National Library of France, equipped with detailed commentary. Independent section up numerous documents from Russian and foreign archives relating to Margeret activity in Russia and abroad. Participation in the actions of the royal garrison in Moscow's intention to join the Second militia, trying to persuade the King of England to the occupation of the Russian North, being included in the large European policy Eve and the beginning of the Thirty Years War - these and other episodes of the biography Margeret and history of editions of his text disclosed in published documents and to become the leading historians of Russia and France. The book is intended both for specialists in different fields, the humanities, and a wide range of readers interested in the past Russia in the context of European history.