In the XIth century Kyivan Rus' (Ukraine-Rus') reached its zenith under the reign of Yaroslav. He established enduring ties with many of the ruling European dynasties, strengthened the borders of Rus' and tried to free it from the influence of the Byzantine Empire. Since 988 the church of Rus' had been autonomous, apart from the right of Constantinople to appoint the Metropolitan.
Directed by Hryhorii Kokhan
Yuri Muravitsky
Yaroslav the Wise
Pyotr Velyaminov
Liudmyla Smorodina
Kostiantyn Stepankov
Leonid Filatov
Konstiantin Artyomenko
boyar
Kostiantyn Stepankov Jr.
Nikolay Keyl
