Matnda rasskazana o vzaimodeystvii Kievskoy Rusi i Vizantii v period pervykh kievskikh velikikh knyazei, v tom chisle diplomaticheskie, politicheskie, religioznye, ekonomicheskie i torgovye otnosheniya, i ikh vliyanie na razvitie rannego russkogo obshchestva. Osoboe vnimanie udeleno vazhnosti vizantiyskikh svyazei v protsesse khristianizatsii Rusi.