The book of our contemporary Yu. P. Vronsky opens before us the pages of history in a fascinating, exciting narrative. Norwegian Vikings kidnap a Slovenian youth near Lake Ladoga. This abduction becomes the beginning of his extraordinary adventures and wanderings. The boy goes around Western Europe by sea and returns home along the rivers of Eastern Europe. The journey brings him many challenges and extraordinary adventures. An amazing meeting with Andrei the Holy Fool turns the life of a young pagan upside down, showing the greatness and beauty of Christianity. Kuksha becomes a participant in an important historical event - the Baptism of Kyiv by the holy brothers Cyril (Constantine) and Methodius under princes Oskold and Dir. This fact was described in “Essays on the History of the Russian Church” by Professor A.V. Kartashev and in the book of Archpriest Lev Lebedev “The Baptism of Rus'”...