Centuries connecting thread

The author, a famous historian, doctor of historical sciences, professor, examines the problem of patriotism against the background of the history of our homeland. He studies the issue of the historical continuity of the patriotic traditions of the Russian people.
What did the contemporaries of the Battle of Kulikovo knew about the exploits of their ancestors in the Battle of Neva and on the ice of Lake Peipsi? Did Alexander Nevsky recalled at the hour of the decisive battle with the Horde of Mamaia? Was the example of the warriors of the Kulikovsky battle of the Ratnikov Ivan III? Who else and why has become a model for imitation in Russian history until the eve of the Patriotic War of 1812 will tell A. A. Preobrazhensky