This book tells about the distant times of Kievan Rus’. About the life of a girl Vesa from the Polian tribe; about the fate of a boy Bakun sold into slavery; about the brave blacksmith Molchan, the greedy merchant Pasley, and many, many others. It shows how noble princes and ordinary people lived back then—how they worked and rested, traveled and fought—how, through their labors and care, Kievan Rus’ was transformed into a great strong state.
Based on the famous 12th-century chronicle “The Tale of Bygone Years,” the well-known writer Dmitry Yemets retells the story of the formation of the Russian state in short, engaging novellas.