“The Volga can splash with veosles, and scoop up the don,” we read in the “Word of Igor’s Regiment” about the squad of Vsevolod a large nest, the last Grand Duke of Donomongol Rus. The tenth son of Yuri Dolgoruky, as a child, he was expelled by his brother and lived for seven years at the imperial court in Constantinople, knowing the military art of the Byzantine army, at that time the best in the world, and the secrets of unsurpassed Tsaregrad diplomacy. All these skills were useful to him upon returning to Rus’ – a skilled politician and a talented commander, Vsevolod a big nest won the struggle for power, pacifying the troubles and leading the princes to obey. And he received his honorary nickname not only for large families (he had eight sons and four daughters), but for paternal care for Russian land – it was with him that Vladimir -Suzdal Rus reached the peak of its power and prosperity.
The new novel from the author of the bestseller “Prince Igor” and “Vladimir Monomakh” pays tribute to one of the greatest rulers in …
Author
Sedugin Vasily Ivanovich
Editor
Nazvinskaya L.
Publisher
Eksmo, 2012
Series
The initial Rus’
Genre
Classical domestic prose
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