The “Mystic Emperor” — The Elusive Russian Emperor Michael II
Dr Matthew Raphael Johnson brings us a new Orthodox Nationalist looking at the Mystic Emperor Michael II (1648-1708) and the Kitezh idea in revolutionary, Petrine Russia. Most Russian historians claim that he did not exist. Michael II was the eldest son of Tsar Alexis, but was quickly sent into internal exile as the ruling class in Moscow began its liturgical, cultural, economic and political revolution culminating in the satanic reign of Peter I up until Catherine II. In other words, the whole 18th century.
