“I’m coming at you!” - these proud words are inscribed in Russian history in gold: military honor did not allow Prince Svyatoslav to go on a campaign without warning, without posing an open challenge to his enemies. The last Sovereign of Pagan Rus', the greatest commander of the Middle Ages, comparable only to Alexander, Hannibal and Caesar, an unsurpassed warrior, whom In his homeland he was called the Brave, and his enemies called him the Demi-God. Svyatoslav carried Russian banners from the Caucasus to the Balkans, crushed the monstrous Khazar Khaganate and terrified the mighty Byzantium. His victories glorified the Russian name and Russian weapons for centuries. His reign became the pinnacle of our ancient history. And his tragic death in less than thirty years, more like a ritual sacrifice, marked the end of the great Pagan era. And even the Pecheneg murderers, raising a cup made from his skull, proclaimed: “Let our children be like him!”