On the history of Russian opinion journalism during the first years of post "time of troubles" period

Contrary to recent opinions, “The Tale of Muskovite days, tzars and saints” (Russian: “Словеса дней, царей и святителей московских”; Slovesa dney, tzarey y svyatiteley moskovskikh ) - a remarkable work of the Russian opinion journalism created during post “time of troubles” period - should be attributed to knyaz (royal nobility rank) I.A.Khvorostinin. It’s believed that the copyist didn’t make a mistake with a title “The Tales of the victories of Muscovite State” as it was the author’s intention to tell the reader about the recent hardships that the country went through.