Anna Yaroslavna-Korolev France. Ladinsky A.

Antonin Petrovich Ladinsky (1896-1961)-poet, translator, essayist, author of historical novels. In exile since 1920, in 1955 he returned to the USSR. The trilogy of A. Ladinsky, dedicated to Kievan Rus, included the novels "When the Chersonesos fell." “Anna Yaroslavna is the queen of France” and “The Last Path of Vladimir Monomakh.”

the daughter of the Kyiv Prince Yaroslav the Wise was destined to become the wife of the French king Henry I and his mother of the successor of Philip I. She remained like Anna Russian in French history - A woman with an extraordinary mind and character, having a considerable influence on the policy of her husband and son. The novel transfers us to the XI century, shows the then court morals, and also describes Anna’s long journey from Kyiv to Paris.