Vasily Vasilyevich, grandson of the famous Dmitry Donskoy, became the Grand Duke of Moscow when he had just turned ten years old. And all his life he was forced to wage a fierce struggle with his uncles and cousins, since Vasily’s rights to the Moscow table were far from indisputable. The challengers treacherously blinded Vasily, after which he received the nickname Dark. But until the end of his days he did not renounce the princely inheritance, the power given to him by God. Vasily the Second Dark ruled under difficult conditions. In difficult times. However, when were they easy in our long-suffering country?..