About the book: 2003 / The book of the famous Ukrainian archaeologist and historian Academician P. P. Tolochko, director of the Institute of Archeology, tells in a popular form and at a high scientific level about the excitingly interesting events in the life of Kievan Rus, about palace intrigues and the brutal struggle for power, about traitors and martyrs, about the dramatic circumstances in which the statehood of Ancient Russia took shape. For a wide range of readers.