The second book of the project "History of Kyiv" is called "Lithuanian-Polish Kyiv". It tells about the least known to the inexperienced reader period in the history of Ukraine, when a significant part of our lands was part of the first Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and then Poland. The author explains in detail, using historical materials, why Russian, and then Soviet historiography was silent about the events of that time and about the people who lived in that era.At the same time, Viktor Kirkevich emphasizes that not only weakened and Having lost statehood after the invasion of the Mongol-Tatars, Russia then needed a strong defender, which became the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 14th century, but the principality itself benefited from this unification, since Russian culture, writing and Orthodoxy had a huge influence on its elite. p>And of course, the reader will be undoubtedly interested in a detailed and at the same time fascinating story about the life of Kiev and its inhabitants in this little-studied period.