Marina Mnishek - Girshberg A.

The beginning of the 17th century in the history of Russia is marked by a kaleidoscope of bloody events. The reign and death of Boris Godunov, the peasant uprising of Ivan Bolotnikov, the Polish invasion, Vasily Shuisky, the reign and murder of False Dmitry I, the arrival of False Dmitry II... Among this whirlwind of dangerous men's games in the name of power and the ringing of the coin flashes the image of the "proud Pole" Marina Mnishek. The fate of the true daughter of the Troubled Time is like an adventure novel, in which there is love, and flight, and the struggle for power. There is only no happy ending. Her name is associated with many legends and rumors. She was credited with extraordinary political talent and witchcraft, portrayed as a romantic heroine and called a warlock and a "witch sinister." What was the real life of this amazing woman? The Polish historian Alexander Hirschberg tried to answer this question as authentically as possible in his work, which is in the series "The Chosen Destiny".