Abstrakt
The study analyses several texts of Russian authors from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the so-called "Time of Troubles". The author's main concept is that the works of the era had an impact on Russian political thought in the subsequent centuries.
Author analyses various topics in these texts, for instance, in what context the authors mention the space of their state, the inhabitants of those areas, the religious aspect of the conflict, etc. These topics all form a crucial part of these texts, and later on, they play important roles in the creating of the national identity of Muscovite Russia.
However, author concludes is that even though the "Time of Troubles" had an impact on the subsequent centuries, mainly on the reforms of Peter I, the conclusions of the authors of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and the policy of Peter I's era differed.