The novel “The Noble Polonyanka” is the first in a series of novels about the Astakhov princes. It tells about Princess Anastasia, the daughter of the boyar Astakh, who lived in the 13th century during the era of the Tatar-Mongol yoke. By the will of circumstances, Anastasia is captured by the Tatar-Mongols and becomes the wife of the centurion Avaj, the nuker of Turi Khan.