Book: The tale of bygone years

God, in his anger, brings foreigners to the earth, and then in grief people remember God; internecine war comes from the devilish temptation, after all, God does not want evil to people, but good; but the devil rejoices in evil murder and shedding of blood, kindling quarrels and envy, fraternal hatred, slander. When a nation falls into sin, God will execute him with death, or famine, or an invasion of the filthy, or a drought, or a caterpillar, or other executions, so that we repent, for God commands us to live in repentance and says to us through the prophet: Turn to me with all your heart, in fasting and weeping.” If we do this, all sins will be forgiven us; but we return to evil, like a pig, forever soiled in sinful feces, and so we remain.

In the year 6494 (986). Came the Bulgarians of Mohammedan faith, saying, "You, Prince, wise and smisle, and the law don't know, believe in our law and bow to Mohammed". Vladimir also has asked: "What your belief?". They answered, "Believe on the God, and Mohammed teaches us this: to be circumcised, not eating pork, not to drink wine, but on death, speaks, it is possible to create fornication with wives. Will give Magomet to everyone on seventy beautiful wives, and will select one of them beautiful, and will assign to it beauty of all; and she will be his wife. Here, speaks, it is necessary to indulge in any fornication. If someone is poor in this world, and on that", and other any lie told, and ashamed to write. Vladimir listened to them because he loved their wives and any fornication; therefore listened to them thoroughly. But what was he neljubo: circumcision and abstinence from pork meat and about drink, on the contrary, he said: "Russia is a joy to drink: can not be without to be."

In the year 6370 (862). Drove the Varangians over the sea, and not give them a tribute, and began themselves to own, and no truth among them, and stood on the kind of race, and was their strife, and began to fight with each other. And I said to myself: "let us Look for a Prince who would be owned by us and judged rightly." And went overseas to the Varangians, to the Rus. Those Vikings were called Rus, others are called Swedes, and others Normans and angles, and still others gotlanders, so these. Have told to Russ Chud, sloven, Krivich and all: "our Land is great and rich, but there is no order. Come to reign and own us". And elect three brothers with their birth, and took with them all the Rus and came and sat senior Rurik in Novgorod, and another Sineus - in Beloozero, and the third, Truvor - in Izborsk. And from those Vikings nicknamed the Russian land. The Novgorodians same - the people from the Norman race, and before they were Slavs.