About the book: 1992 / The book is dedicated to the events of a bright and dramatic time when the fate of Rus' was being decided. Using a large number of sources, the author shows how the government of Ivan III, relying on broad sections of the people, created a powerful Russian state on the site of fragmented principalities, which ensured the existence and further development of not only the indigenous, but also other peoples of our country. For all those interested in the history of the Fatherland. The ends of the pages are marked in the body of the book like this: , to view page numbers, you must open the file in a browser. —DS.