From Rus to Russia

The study "From Rus to Russia," awarded the "Milestones" prize, is dedicated to the history of our country from the establishment of the Kievan principality to the era of Peter the Great. This book — the last work of Lev Gumilev — is written in a lively, captivating manner, which the author himself referred to as "experimental." Serious scientific generalizations, allowing for an unconventional assessment of well-known facts of our past, are combined in it with astonishing discoveries and unexpected conclusions.