When Chersonesus Fell
10 hrs. 58 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Antonin Ladinsky
Author
Antonin Ladinsky
Narrator
Yury Zaborovsky
Narrator
Yury Zaborovsky
The trilogy by the Russian Soviet writer Antonin Petrovich Ladinsky (1896–1961) reflects the most important moments in the history of the Old Russian state from the late 10th to the early 12th century: the Christianization of Rus under Vladimir, the unification of feudal principalities around the Kiev throne, the strengthening of borders, and the growing international authority of Kievan Rus under Yaroslav the Wise and Vladimir Monomakh…
In the novel “When Khersones Fell,” the narrative is told from the viewpoint of the Byzantine patrician, the enlightened Greek Iraklius Metafrastes—a witness to the events of those days when relations between Byzantium and its splendor began to develop: the pomp, the luxury of garments, the magnificent imperial “processions,” and yet everything remained frozen in what had been achieved, bound by unbreakable traditions—until suddenly a young, daring Rus from the steppes of the Black Sea appeared, dressed in sheepskins.
In the novel “When Khersones Fell,” the narrative is told from the viewpoint of the Byzantine patrician, the enlightened Greek Iraklius Metafrastes—a witness to the events of those days when relations between Byzantium and its splendor began to develop: the pomp, the luxury of garments, the magnificent imperial “processions,” and yet everything remained frozen in what had been achieved, bound by unbreakable traditions—until suddenly a young, daring Rus from the steppes of the Black Sea appeared, dressed in sheepskins.
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