Whose historical life in 16th-century Livonia forms the biographical subject of Jaan Kross's four-part novel 'Kolme katku vahel'?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Balthasar Russow
- Step 1: Kolme katku vahel recounts the life of Balthasar Russow (c. 1536–1600), author of the Chronica der Prouintz Lyfflandt. Step 2. Kross portrays Russow as an Estonian by birth who navigated the class barriers of German-dominated Tallinn during the devastating Livonian War. Answer: Balthasar Russow. Why not the others: Duke Magnus, Eric XIV, and Ivan the Terrible are historical political figures who appear in the background of the novel, not the protagonist.
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