The Pouchenie (with illustrations)

"The Pouchenie of Vladimir Monomakh" by Vladimir Monomakh is a literary monument, admonition, written by the Grand Prince of Kiev Vladimir Monomakh. "The Pouchenie of Vladimir Monomakh" includes the Pouchenie itself, autobiography and Monomakh''s letter to prince Oleg Sviatoslavovich. It is considered, that in fact, from this first secular sermon in Russian literature the tradition of discussing t...