Veles's book, since its discovery in the middle of the 20th century, has become an indispensable companion to almost any popular science work on the history of Ancient Rus'. It is especially popular among patriotic writers and lovers of Russian history, who consider it the best proof of the deep antiquity of the Russian people. And few of us think that it was Veles’ book that became the Trojan horse of our history, which gradually confirms the authenticity of the anti-Russian Norman theory. This becomes clear if you unbiasedly read Veles’s book itself, and those scientific works that such famous Russian historians as A. G. Kuzmin, B. A. Rybakov, O. V. Tvorogov dedicated to it and which are included in this book.