Podlinnaia istoriia Riurikovichei - Lubchenkov Iurii Nikolaevich

The book of military historian Yuri Lubchenkov contains a complete and detailed account of the history of the Rurikovich dynasty. Rurikovichis is a Russian princely (including the great princes of Kiev, Vladimir, Moscow) and the tsarist (until 1598) dynasty. All Rurikovichwere were (or were considered) descendants of the great Kiev prince Igor, the son of Rurik, the leader of the Varangian army, called by the Slovenians and became the ruler of Novgorod. Princes of the Rurikovich family managed to unite the Eastern Slavic lands of Eastern Europe and stood at the head of the Old Russian state. Separate branches of the genus were named after the ancestors - for example, Olgovici, Monomakhovichi (Monomashichi), Mstislavichi. Moscow's great princes and kings were descendants of Vladimir-Suzdal Monomakhovich. The last legal king of the Rurikovich family was Fyodor Ivanovich, who received the throne by right of inheritance. During the Great Darkness (early 17th century) on the Russian throne for four years was the elected tsar - Prince Vasily Shuisky, Rurikovich by blood.