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The feat of a young Kievite during the siege of Kiev by the pechenegs in 968 by Andrei Ivanov

The feat of a young Kievite during the siege of Kiev by the pechenegs in 968 by Andrei Ivanov

The plot of the picture was one of the heroic episodes of the ancient chronicle. In 968, when the army of Prince Svyatoslav was on a long campaign, the nomadic Pechenegs besieged Kiev. The hero of the picture is an unknown young Kievite. Knowing the language of the Pechenegs, he passed with a bridle in his hands through an enemy camp. When the enemies called to him, the young man answered that he was looking for a runaway horse. Having crossed the Dnieper, he tracked down the Russian squad and led it to the aid of the besieged city.

Like a whirlwind, a hero rushes through an enemy camp, and reaching the Dnieper, a narrow strip of water at the bottom edge of the picture, as if listening to the sounds of the chase. The arrow, launched after, struck the Pecheneg fallen from the horse and dying next to the shore. In the depths of the riders and outlines of the city walls. The moment depicted by the artist, concretely and concisely expresses the idea of the work – nothing can stop a person giving himself to patriotic duty.

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