The famous researcher, historian Lidia Pavlovna Grot devoted a lot of time to the study of Western European utopian theories, on which society was brought up for several centuries. A romantic look at the past, the desire to glorify the "Gothic and Germanic ancestors" as much as possible, court political orders greatly influenced the development of historical science. But if the myths about the "Swedish" Hyperborea and Atlantis have already completely moved into the realm of fantasy, then other remnants, including the infamous Norman theory, are still held in the mass consciousness due to historical inertia. In his new book, L.P. Grot invites you to see the initial history of Russia as it appears, freed from utopian mirages and the impenetrable fog of scientific delusions. The study takes the reader to the time of the legendary Aryans, who were the closest relatives and contemporaries of the Rus. You have to go on an exciting journey and visit ancient Eurasia, in which people worshiped the sun from the Baltic States to Altai, worked, traded, developed vast territories, and also originated those traditions, many of which have survived to this day. [center]