1185 year. West

In 1965, historian and orientalist Igor Vsevolodovich Mojeiko (1934–2003), known in the scientific community for his works on the history of Southeast Asia, defended his candidate dissertation on the topic "The Pagan State (11th–13th centuries)", and in 1981 he defended... his doctoral dissertation on the topic "Buddhist Sangha and State in Burma". Meanwhile, all Soviet teenagers (and many adults too!) were engrossed in the works of the famous science fiction writer Kir Bulichev, known throughout the country. And only a few knew that the scholar Igor Mojeiko and the science fiction writer Kir Bulichev were the same person.
"1185 year" is a vast historical panorama of Asia and Europe, with the year 1185 taken as a reference point — the year when the events of "The Tale of Igor's Campaign" take place. Moving along the Great Silk Road, the author outlines the subtle interconnections of trade and cultural contacts between countries and peoples, sometimes even unaware of each other's existence...
We present to readers the second part of the captivating story about our world as it was in the distant year 1185. This time, the journey takes us first to Ancient Rus, and then further west...