The book of Valery Shambarov, covering the period from the biblical flood to the baptism of Russia, tells about the deep past of our country, about the great states that existed on our land in time immemorial. Russian history began long before the calling of the Varangians. And the ancestors of the Russian people were by no means only Slavs, but also Finnish, Ugric, Turkic tribes, Sarmatians, Scythians, Cimmerians, Pelasgians, ancient Arias.