Forget what you were taught at school. Do not trust “professional” historians. Do not consider the textbook to be the ultimate truth. History has never been an exact science - it is oversaturated with myths. The past is full of people who were innocently cursed and slandered or, on the contrary, undeservedly exalted. Prince Svyatopolk was not the Damned, Tsarevich Dmitry was not an impostor, Richard III was a villain, and Alexander Nevsky was not a Saint. The exploits of both Susanin and the “Panfilov heroes” are fictional. Everything was completely different. How? Read the new sensational book by Andrei Balabukha! Nosovsky and Fomenko are resting.