Lev Prozorov
1237 from the Nativity of Christ. The disastrous winter of Batu’s invasion. Ryazan governor Evpatiy, who went for help, returns to the ruins of his hometown. To the ruins of your own life… If your house has turned to ashes, if the sovereign whom you served and everyone who was dear to you are dead, if God himself, in whom you believed, has turned away from you and your land – where to look for help? And isn’t it time to remember that you bear not a Christian, but an ancient pagan nickname?