In his new book, Candidate of Historical Sciences Alexander Eliseev explores the confrontation between two world poles of power, two worldviews, two civilizations - East and West - from ancient times to Kievan Rus. How many people know about the Scythian culture, which back in the 13th century. BC e. spread over a vast area from the Danube to the Pyrenees and the North Sea. Its carriers reached the British Isles, where they left their mark: the famous megalithic monument Stonehenge was built by the Scythians. European historical science is silent about the great Scythian civilization, which once dominated the vast expanses of all of Europe, and carefully erases all mentions of it from the pages of history.A. Eliseev sees his task as restoring the lost pages of our past. But this is only possible on the basis of deep analysis and an accurate understanding of historical reality. The author of the book invites the reader to think with him.