Starting with the official celebration of the 1000th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus', this event is usually assessed as extremely positive, and Christianity has actually become the state religion in post-Soviet Russia. A new sensational book from the author of the bestseller “There Was No Ig!” challenges the church and Kremlin officialdom, questioning the “leaf” historical myths and asking questions that are not customary to discuss: Was the Baptism of Rus' a blessing or a curse? United - or split the Russian people forever? Did it elevate and save the Russian Land – or did it break our history? How much blood did it cost - and was this price excessive? Is it true that for centuries Christianity coexisted peacefully with our former faith (after all, even in the stone carvings of the Church of the Intercession on the Nerl, pagan motifs are visible) - or was it always fraught with religious and civil wars? Why did all Russian rebels, from Bolotnikov, Razin and Pugachev to the Bolsheviks, consider it their duty to hang priests, while the “God-bearing people” actively participated in these atrocities? And the main question: who are we, Russians, “slaves” or Grandsons of God?