“Grief is the touchstone of the human soul and an unfailing measure of a person’s moral strength. Under the burden of the same sorrow one falls, another does not even shake; this one humbles himself before the providence of God, the other one grumbles madly; others seek to satisfy their grief in tears and acts of charity to their neighbors... There are also people whom grief plunges into the whirlpool of debauchery and villainy..." Sylvester and Adashev - Circassian princess Marya Temryukovna. - Oprichniki. - Basmanovs. - Malyuta Skuratov. – Marfa Vasilievna Sobakina. – Maria Ivanovna Dolgorukaya. - Anna Koltovskaya. - Anna Vasilchikova. – Vasilisa Melentyeva. – Marya Fedorovna Nagikh (1560–1584)