The nobleman who is a friend of Ivan IV of Russia and asks his territory to be part of the Oprichnina is also based on a member of the Stroganovs but at a different period. For example, the peasant family that joins the nobility, because of its business, is based on the Stroganovs. Here is a story of a great civilization made human, played out through the lives of four families who are. The stories of different characters in those families use actual stories of different Russian families. Russka (Rutherfurd) Spanning 1800 years of Russia's history, people, poltics, and culture, Edward Rurtherford, author of the phenomenally successful Sarum: The Novel of England, tells a grand saga that is as multifaceted as Russia itself. Historical characters encountered through the narrative include Genghis Khan, Ivan the Terrible and his secret police, the westernizing Peter the Great, Catherine the Great, and the Bolsheviks of the twentieth century. The five families span the main ethnic groups and social levels of the society in this northern empire. THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLDSpanning 1800 years of Russias history, people, poltics, and culture, Edward Rurtherford.
The families that provide the focus for the story are the Bobrovs, Romanovs, Karpenkos, Suvorins and Popovs. The narrative spans 1,800 years of Russian history. It quickly became a New York Times bestseller. It quickly became a New York Times bestseller. Russka is a historical novel by Edward Rutherfurd, published in 1991 by Crown Publishers. Russka is a historical novel by Edward Rutherfurd, published in 1991 by Crown Publishers.
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