This is the second, expanded edition of the famous historical trilogy by Georgy Mikhailov about the glory and fall of thousand-year empires, the first (ancient) Rome and the second (Byzantium), at the time of the birth and formation of the Great Russian Power, called the Third Rome. The image of the future Rus' is in the beginning of the book from the depths of the “prehistoric”. Then, against the backdrop of the moral decline of the West, the “Russian Dawn” rises, the day of the Orthodox Kingdom begins, over which the evil clouds of the Tatar yoke, numerous wars, and the Moscow Troubles with its impostors pass. But, in the end, through piety, the prayers of the saints and the fortitude of the righteous army, Holy Rus' overcomes all its enemies. The historical material used by the author is easily digestible thanks to the fascinating form of narration. The book is addressed to a wide readership.