Do we know well who the Vikings are - these great and harsh warriors of the North? What role did they play in the history of Russia? Many books have already been written about the Vikings, about their military campaigns and ocean wanderings - up to Greenland and North America. But with each previously unknown saga (namely, such a meeting awaits the reader in this book!) We discover a newly forgotten world in which gray-haired scalds compose their songs and warriors fearlessly meet death, knowing that the bright Valhalla is bequeathed to them.