The Younger Son

31 hrs. 17 min.

Language Russian

Author Dmitry Balashov

Narrator Yury Zaborovsky

The novel “The Younger Son” covers a forty-year period of Russian history in the second half of the 13th century (1263–1304) and tells of the struggle for power among the sons of Alexander Nevsky—Dmitry and Andrey. It also describes Rus’ relations with the Horde and how Nevsky’s younger son, Daniil, founded the Moscow княжество as the center for the country’s later unification.

1. The Younger Son 2. The Grand Table (narrated by Yury Grigoryev) 3. The Burden of Power (narrated by Vyacheslav Gerasimov) 4. Simeon the Proud (narrated by Evgeny Ternovsky) 5. The Wind of Time (narrated by Natalia Nekrasova) 6. The Renunciation (narrated by Vladimir Sushkov) 7.1. Holy Russia. Vol. 1. Steppe Prologue (narrated by Ilya Prudovsky) 7.2. Holy Russia, Vol. 2: Sergius of Radonezh (narrated by Vyacheslav Gerasimov) 7.3. Holy Russia. Vol. 3. Evening of the Century (narrated by Vyacheslav Gerasimov) 8. Will and Power (narrated by Vyacheslav Gerasimov) 0. Sovereigns of Moscow. Wind of Time (narrated by Ivan Litvinov)