The Russian people have remembered the Kyiv prince Vladimir Svyatoslavich for centuries. I remembered the “affectionate one”, I remembered the “Red Sun”, chanting the generosity of the feasts and the splendor of the heroic court. Less than six centuries after his reign, the loud patronymic of the prince was replaced in the people's memory by another, probably more meaningful one - “Vseslavich”. Above all, the Russian Church glorified Vladimir on earth, adding with its power, but not with its own will, one must think, to the name of the Baptist of Rus' not a nickname, but something more - Saint. The Baptism of Rus' is a turning point in its entire history, with which even its ill-wishers agree. And Vladimir’s name rightly turned out to be forever associated with this greatest event. The list of Vladimir's state victories is long, but his main victory was the victory over himself, over the past in himself. The book by historian S. Alekseev will help the reader discover a new, more lively image of the Grand Duke.