Viking blood ... and trees grow on the stones

Historical stories about the adventures of Kukshi from the Domovichi became the basis for the famous film "and trees grow on the stones."
The adventures of the Kukshi - the Varangian captive, then the slave, the thief, and then the royal guard in Constantinople, is extraordinary, but the language does not turn to call them incredible. Yu. P. Vronsky composed the story in such a way that you willingly believe in its events arising from one of the other. It is pleasant to understand that the son of Konung, a comrade in games and twisting Kukshi, the boy Harald will become the great Norwegian king Harald Grand -haired, and the impudent sea robbers Viking Haskuld, the Turk and Roeror in our history are called princes Rurik, Askold and Deer