Library of Russian Classics S.
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Pushkin's 1825 play tells the story of Godunov - a fundamentally good and skilled politician whose reign as an elected tsar (1598-1605) was undermined by moral scandal, popular distrust and rival claims of legitimacy. The translator's introduction provides a cultural and historical background.
This edition of Pushkin's tragedy "Boris Godunov" is part of the Bristol Classical Press Russian Texts series. The series is designed to meet the needs of the growinghigh school and undergraduate market for texts in the Russian language. Each text comes with English notes and vocabulary, and with an introduction by an editor with an expert knowledge both of the work and of its literary and cultural context