About the book: 2007 / The book examines in chronological order a number of key, controversial or little-studied issues in the history of medieval Rus': the political structure of Slavic society in the pre-state period, about the role of the Varangians in the formation of Rus', about the political and socio-economic system of the Old Russian state, about the time and prerequisites for the movement of the center of Russian statehood from the South to the North-East, about the authenticity of the "Tale of Igor's Campaign", about the role of the Horde in Russian history, about the reasons for the “rise” of Moscow, about the formation of the idea of ​​the “kingdom”. For historians and everyone interested in the history of medieval Rus'.