About the book: 2001 / The famous work of the great Russian historian Sergei Mikhailovich Solovyov (1820–1879), is the largest achievement of Russian historical science of the 19th century. S. M. Solovyov is “the first among equals,” in a galaxy of brilliant Russian historians that includes N. Karamzin, V. Klyuchevsky, N. Kostomarov, A. Presnyakov, T. Granovsky, S. Platonov and many others. The sixth volume of an extensive The 29-volume work covers the time from the reign of Vasily III Ivanovich to the death of Ivan IV the Terrible 1505–1584.