For the first time in one book, legends about all the heroes are collected, and their rank is shown among the rest - older, younger, visiting, Novgorod... These are not only Ilya Muromets, Svyatogor and Dobrynya Nikitich, but also Sadko, Vasily Buslaev, Mikhailo Potok, Danube Ivanovich, Stavr Godinovich, Mikula Selyaninovich, Anika the warrior, famous and unknown heroes. Ancient epics are presented in an accessible and figurative language, understandable even to very young readers.