Part of Europe. From the origins to the Mongol invasion

Fiction writers also write nonfiction books. Boris Akunin, who once began his creative biography as a science writer, returned to the popularization of science again. This time it's Stories. Moreover, there is something to carefully understand here.
Who specifically invited the Varangians to Russia? Why, for what purpose, and did you invite at all? Before whom did the Basileus of Constantinople tremble and who ultimately won in the confrontation between Byzantium and Russia? If Russia has always been an integral, perhaps one of the main parts of Europe, then who benefits from their scientific and historical opposition? Boris Akunin is looking for answers to these questions together with his readers. Join.

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