The focus of the Russian writer Antonin Ladinsky, the author of historical novels, is the image of a gifted personality, exceptional for his time, the formation of Russia’s relations with world powers, and the contact of different national cultures. The novel “When Chersonesus fell…” tells the story of the development of mutual influences between Russia and Byzantium at the end of the 10th century. The literary and historical biography “Anna Yaroslavna – Queen of France” tells the story of the emergence of Franco-Russian relations in the middle of the 11th century, an important role in the formation of which was played by the youngest daughter of Yaroslav the Wise – a wayward, possessing extraordinary charm, a well-educated woman who became the ancestor of the dynasty of French kings.