Ancient story. Ivanov V.

Valentin Dmitrievich Ivanov (1902-1975) is known to readers primarily as the author of epoch-making historical novels, united in conditional trilogy, in which the nodal moments of the history of ancient Rus' were reflected, which determined the course of its further development. Where did the Russian land come from? What is the historical mission of the Old Russian state and what was its formation? Varangians, Vikings and Nurmannes - who are they? The trilogy, addressed to the distant, fucked up the past, caused a lot of disputes, but it was a huge success among readers, became a classic of the historical genre, was filmed and reprinted again and again. The novels of ancient years ”(1955), as well as thematically complementing her story“ I REMOVE... ”(1968). On the pages of the "Stories..." the author turns to the 9th century and fascinatingly talks about the life of our distant ancestors, immigrants from Veliky Novgorod. Having settled on the rich coast of the White Sea, they are peacefully coexisting with native tribes, but soon find themselves involved in the brutal struggle with naval robbers-norms, led by Ottar, fearless and merciless Viking...