Медведь на воеводстве

"The Bear in the Voivodeship" is one of the "adult" tales of Mikhail Evgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin, the famous Russian writer of the nineteenth century (1826-1889). It consists of three novels, representing a parody of the historical chronicle. Three voevody Toptygins in every way wanted to hold out as long as possible in power, but the outcome for everyone was the same. Saltykov-Shchedrin wrote ...