A "country that we name Ancient Rus so strongly differed from Russia of послемонгольской epoch, that through the layer of past centuries it seems to us some vanishing, legendary Atlantida. Was there actually Рюрик? Did the slavs of varangians invite? Did Oleg nail a shield on the gates of Цареграда"? Boris Акунин addresses the history of homeland of wide reader audience : to the people interesting that to know (or together with an author with enthusiasm to calculate), as be actually. And to make an effort understand that́ in our millennial state so that́ not so (and why).This version of book is prepared specially for reading on iPad! If you bought this book with iPad, please, use the program of iBooks for reading, instead of built-in in the appendix of ЛитРес of читалки. For this purpose in a list find "My books" "Part of Europe. History of the Russian state. From sources to the mongolian invasion", press on an icon with the letter of "i", further button "To Open in". and choose in the opened list of iBooks. A book will be open in the program of iBooks.