Chronicle of the Russian Tsars: The Reign-by-Reign Record of the Rulers of Imperial Russia

a fine addition to the series of chronicles of various rulers - This one provides excellent chronological and dynastic backbone and skeleton on which a teacher can flesh out a course on Russian history. The biographical sketches are well written and sufficient.. Illustrations are fine as well

A very good book for anyone interested in learning about the Russian Tsars. Detailed and a few pictures as well.

good book

I thoroughly enjoyed this balanced account of the czars. I wish there could have been more treatment of those that preceded the Romanovs--I guess you'd call them the "Dukes of Muscovy"--but it's probably for obvious reasons (viz., the availability of 15th-century vs. 19th-century sources) that they're slighted. Watch out for editorial problems all over the place. In one diagram, somebody's wife is also indicated as that same somebody's daughter. This is just plain laziness: someone neglected to sufficiently carefully review the diagram and delete the offending 5 mm. line segment. Also, in a factoid box summarizing Nikolai II, his father is listed as Aleksandr II when, in fact, his father was quite obviously Aleksandr III. Also, the book steered uncomfortably clear of some of the unsolved mysteries of the throne, e.g., by reducing the eighteen-day rule of Czar Konstantin (27 Nov.-14 Dec. 1825) to but a single, unstressed sentence. In overall quality, this book compares favorably to the other members of the series: indeed, it is often superior. But, in its striving for balance, it omits some important coverage. More deserves to be said about Ivann IV Vasiliyevich ("The Terrible"--in actuality, "The Awesome" is the proper translation of his title, "Groznij") and Pyotr I Alekseyevich ("The Great") because these czars made outstanding contributions that shaped the character of Russia, not just because they were on the throne for 30+ years. The czars' role in Russian history cannot be compared to the role of any other succession of leaders in the history of any other nations: the czars were the heart and soul of the empire they so tenderly loved with such religious conviction (not to mention "the divine right of kings"); without exaggeration, the czars WERE Russia.

Love the history of the Tsars and how they described the rulers in detail

great book if you ever wanted to know aout the Tsar's this book is for you. fome Ivan the Terrible to the Last Tsar

Excellent at covering the Tsars in a broad brush and accessible to all readers.

The book came in excellent condition. It was a great value for the money and the stories were better than I expected.

Arrived quickly and was as described

A really interesting book on a history of which I was previously largely ignorant. I feel that I understand current events in Eastern Europe much better as a result of reading this book. Countries do tend to be the product if their history.

Excellent book on Russian History but it needs to be updated.

a great summary of each ruler

I bought this book for my husband and he is delighted with it. He said it is very interesting and gives him all the information about the Tsars. We had visited St. Petersburg recently and he became very interested to learn about the history having seen some of the Palaces and heard the commentary from the guides.