These are the words given to Andrei Yaroslavich by the chronicle tradition (I give two versions): “Lord, as long as we quarrel among ourselves and incite Tatars at each other, we would rather run to a foreign land than make friends and serve as Tatars!” "God! How long can we quarrel among ourselves and incite Tatars at each other? We would rather run to a foreign land than make friends and serve as Tatars!”... What an absolutely amazing phrase from the Russian Hamlet! ... "A Short Age" is one of the most unusual historical novels. An original look at the era of the formation of the Mongol yoke, the nature of Russian and Ukrainian statehood, as well as the origins of the Russian political tradition. It is curious that the biography of the Suzdal prince, through several literary sources, also belonging to different historical eras, served as the basis for the story of Hamlet. The book is worth reading if only to learn something new and quite unexpected about Hamlet.