Mikhail Tverskoy

Tver Prince Mikhail Yaroslavich (1271-1318) lived in the terrible times of the Horde rule. The first of the Russian princes, he defeated the Mongols in the Battle of 1317, for which he paid his life, taking a martyrdom in the Horde. And after several centuries, he was counted to the Holy of Saints and is now revered by Orthodox people as the heavenly intercessor of the city of Tver and the entire Russian land.
Author of the book, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Nikolai Sergeyevich Borisov, talks about the life and activities of the Tver prince with maximum detail and objectivity, attracting all historical sources to date and restoring the complex and diverse picture of the struggle of Moscow and Tver for leadership over dominance North -East Russia in the late XIII - first decades of the XIV century