To the premiere of the film “VIKING”, dedicated to Prince Vladimir. NEW book from the bestselling author “10 thousand years of Russian history. Forbidden Rus'" and "Veles's Rus'. Chronicle of Ice and Fire.” There is no more mythologized, controversial and controversial figure in the history of Ancient Rus' than Vladimir the Saint. He is glorified as the Equal-to-the-Apostles Baptist, who gave our people a great future. He is cursed as a bloody tyrant who converted Rus' to a new faith with fire and sword. He is extolled as a wise sovereign, whom the grateful people called the Red Sun. He is denounced as a “rapist” and almost a sexual maniac. What in these myths is trustworthy and what is an absolute lie? Is it true that the “illegitimate son of a slave” Vladimir “seized his way to power with the swords of the Vikings”? Why did he choose Christianity? although Islam was on the rise in the 10th century? Did the Baptism of Rus' become voluntary or forced? Should we believe the rumors about the huge harem of Vladimir the Saint and the accusations of “corruption of wives and girls” (what is the story of Rogneda alone, which he allegedly “took by force” in front of his parents and then killed them)? Why is he so hated and “ neopagans,” and the liberal “fifth column”? And what is church officialdom hiding and state propaganda hushing up? This historical investigation refutes the most common myths about Prince Vladimir, reinterpreted in the film “Viking.”