Kiev of last decades before the Mongol invasion (first half of thirteenth century AD). Rus is torn apart by princely intestine wars. But people live their everyday life with simple human care and uneasiness. The main characters of the narrative are Kieviters. There are the son of Kiev head-of-thousand Aleksa and daughter of ordinary gunsmith Lyubava. He happened to meet her and fell in love. Aleksa and Lyubava had to go through a great...