绰号为“智者”的雅罗斯拉夫生活在十一世纪初，是使基辅公国迈向强盛的英主，完成了东斯拉夫民族统一大业本片以这位伟人的生平为题材，是一部带有说教意味的主旋律史诗大片。 The beginning of XI century in Russia or Rus. Kievan Rus is composed of the principalities that are governed by the sons of Grand Prince Vladimir of Kiev. Princes with their men collect tribute then sending it to their father in Kiev. In the north-east of Russia is the most distant principality of Kiev - Rostov. Prince Vladimir sends his son Yaroslav to rule in Rostov, when he turns 11 years old. Jaroslav grows under the tutelage of the boyars, who run the principality, while he is small. Growing up, Jaroslav takes power into their own hands, expanding the principality, and attaches the new lands. But this is not an easy task. Bandit gangs keep ruling in the woods, along the roads and rivers . Their main occupation is the slave trade. Gangs sell people to the Bulgars and the Khazars, and they send the slaves for resale to the lower reaches of the Volga. More and more often the Jaroslav"s squad, goes for tribute and finds empty, ransacked settlements of the tribes Meria. Rostov region ...