Vasily I. Will and power. With illustrations. Balashov D.

Roman D.M. Balashova (1927–2000) “Will and Power”, who saw the light after the tragic death of the writer, completes his cycle “Moscow Sovereigns”, which became a rare occurrence in Russian fiction. Dedicated to the rule of Grand Duke Vasily I, the son of Dmitry Donskoy, an affair with amazing reliability reflects the main historical events, life, nature and customs of people of the Russian Middle Ages. The amazing accuracy of the writer's penetration in that distant era became possible thanks to his brilliant knowledge of the annals and other historical sources of that time.