An audiobook “Tales about the Mongol-Tatar Invasion,” created based on works by the wonderful children’s writers Sergey Alekseev and Valentina Alekseeva, is a lively and engaging journey into the past of our Motherland. The narrated stories awaken children’s interest in learning the history of their country, teach them to be proud of their ancestors, and foster patriotism.
In an accessible and entertaining way, the audiobook tells about the era of the Mongol-Tatar yoke, the war against fearsome Asian conquerors who attacked Rus’ almost 800 years ago, and the liberation from hated invaders. About the cruel Genghis Khan and his grandson, the khan Batu; about the great Moscow prince Dmitry Ivanovich, who earned the nickname Donskoy for victory on the Don, on the Kulikovo Field. About where the word “Hurrah!” came from, and even about a camel that settled in a Russian village and became friends with a mongrel dog, Sharik…
Contents:
Part 1 — The Invasion
A Sign from the Sky
Steppe dust rose in a cloud
Kalka
Trouble will pass by
“When no one is left…”
Yevpatiy Kolovrat and his detachment
Princess Yevpraksiya and Prince Ivan
Waist sash
Young princes
Vasilko
Fur coat
Nanny
Torzhok
Ishka
Batu
A Wicked City
Carp
Fun milk
They met
He cried
Cross
They argued in Ladyzhin
Kamenets and Kremenets
The First and all the others
They left strength in Rus’
Part 2 — The Kulikovo Field
A ringing word
The Vozhzhа River
Foma the Unbeliever
Drunken brook
“Good deed. Right deed”
It moves
Left bank — Right bank
“Cut down the bridges!”
The duel of Peresvet and Chelubey
A cry
Fear
A new caftan
They were famous in Rus’
The Grand Prince’s banner
Matvey’s shield
Holy water
Ratay
Six days
Fedor and Avdul
“What are you hesitating, the Ambush Regiment!”
Blind man
“Where are you, prince!”
The Goose crossing
The raid on Moscow by Tokhtamysh
The Stand on the Ugra