Oleg of Ryazan Against Mamai: The Road to Kulikovo Field
10 hrs. 35 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Viktor Porotnikov
Author
Viktor Porotnikov
Narrator
Elena Voynova
Narrator
Elena Voynova
The Battle of Kulikovo could have ended quite differently if the allies of Mamai’s forces—Ryazan prince Oleg and the Lithuanian Jagailo—had managed to join him in time. But their troops never reached the Kulikovo Field, allowing Dmitry Donskoy to defeat Mamai “one on one.”
A NEW NOVEL by the author of the bestsellers “The Feud of Prince Igor” and “The Battle of Kulikovo” proves: this delay was not accidental. In words, Oleg of Ryazan was an ally of the Horde, but secretly he helped the Moscow prince—not only by informing him of all the Tatars’ movements, but also by persuading his brother-in-law Jagailo not to aid Mamai, thereby predetermining the victory of Rus’.
How did Oleg save his principality, which found itself “between a hammer and an anvil”? What kind of secret war was raging on the southern borders of the Russian Land? Who came out on top in these “secret special operations” of the 14th century? And how did Sergius of Radonezh manage to reconcile Moscow with Ryazan—by marrying Oleg’s son to Dmitry Donskoy’s daughter?
A NEW NOVEL by the author of the bestsellers “The Feud of Prince Igor” and “The Battle of Kulikovo” proves: this delay was not accidental. In words, Oleg of Ryazan was an ally of the Horde, but secretly he helped the Moscow prince—not only by informing him of all the Tatars’ movements, but also by persuading his brother-in-law Jagailo not to aid Mamai, thereby predetermining the victory of Rus’.
How did Oleg save his principality, which found itself “between a hammer and an anvil”? What kind of secret war was raging on the southern borders of the Russian Land? Who came out on top in these “secret special operations” of the 14th century? And how did Sergius of Radonezh manage to reconcile Moscow with Ryazan—by marrying Oleg’s son to Dmitry Donskoy’s daughter?
