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Tales of the Ancient Years

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Valentin Dmitrievich Ivanov (1902-1975) is known to readers primarily as the author of epochal historical novels, united in a conventional trilogy, which reflected the nodal moments of the history of ancient Russia, which determined the course of its further development. Where did the Russian land came from? What is the historical mission of the Old Russian state and what was its formation? Varangians, Vikings and "Nurmans" - who are they? The trilogy, addressed to the distant, shrouded in the haze of legends of the past, caused a lot of controversy, but had great success with readers, became a classic of the historical genre, was screened and reprinted again and again. Readers are offered the second part of the trilogy - "Tales of Ancient Years" (1955), as well as thematically complementing her story "I am repaid..." (1968). (1968). On the pages of "Tales..." the author turns to the IX century and fascinatingly tells about the life of our distant ancestors, settlers from Great Novgorod. Having settled on the rich coast of the White Sea, they peacefully neighbor with native tribes, but soon find themselves involved in a brutal struggle with sea robbers-Normans led by Ottar, a fearless and ruthless Viking....
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