Prince of Kyiv

The prince is in debt to his neighbors, and the treasury is empty. He asks Antip to temporarily replace him at his post. That night, the prince is kidnapped by Julius and Moses, as he is needed as a matchmaker by the librarian, who is planning to marry Zvezdochka. The prince asks to be untied and immediately escapes. The prince is forced to return to his captors, as returning to Kyiv has become impossible. During the campaign, the sovereign drowns in the sands, but is rescued by Moses. The prince participates in a horse race and wins a precious sapphire. When the sovereign returns home, he learns that Antip has resolved all his financial problems.

A prince is entertaining guests from abroad at a feast. While dancing, the ruler tears a sleeve and calls for a tailor. Suddenly, while receiving guests, the prince begins to feel ill. He goes to bed and summons the heroes. The prince fears that if he dies, his neighbors will seize the principality's territories, but he remembers that he has heirs—his niece Zabava and her husband, Elisha, who live in Byzantium. He sends the heroes to Constantinople to deliver the heiress, asking them not to tell the girl of his illness prematurely. The prince is unable to establish contact with the expedition due to a comical misunderstanding with Julius and the carrier pigeon. The prince discovers he is not ill at all when Zabava, upon arrival, discovers a needle in the monarch's clothing, which was the cause of the tingling sensation in his heart.

The prince, hearing Julius's report of the plot against him, is greatly alarmed. They escape from the palace and decide to send a letter to the knights, but the prince and his horse lack money. Julius eventually draws Oak into the story, to whom the monarch loses the kingdom. He wanders with his horse. During their wanderings, they find the home of a pegasus herder. The prince finally meets the knights, who have arrived on pegasi. The prince is forced to temporarily live with Ilya's mother, where he falls into a well and decides to build New Kyiv. At the construction site, Tikhon and the prince realize that Oak won the city unfairly. The monarch also receives a cake and a huge statue of himself on horseback from the boyars, who had prepared these gifts for the sovereign's birthday. There, the prince discovers that the conspiracy is simply a figment of Julius's imagination. In the end, the prince regains power, and the people congratulate him on his birthday.

Julius brings Kolyvan, disguised, to the palace. The prince and his horse mistake the merchant for a European, and the ruler begins questioning the villain about foreign ways of life. This results in the prince losing power, as Kolyvan has gained the favor of the boyars and carried out a coup d'état with Baba Yaga. The prince is forced to flee with Julius and hide with Tikhon, where they organize a rebel cell. The prince attempts to regain power, revealing himself in the square in front of the palace, leading to his capture by the Hares. But later, the bogatyrs arrive, defeat the usurpers, and the prince regains the throne.

The prince is very bored, so Antip suggests going to the library. There, the sovereign finds a photo of the Shamakhan queen and falls in love with her through her charms. The monarch prepares for Shamakhan, appoints Antip as his leader, orders him to keep the first knight with him, takes Julius as his guide, and sets off to see the bride. There, he learns from Julius that the queen told the horse to force the prince to propose to the queen. After a trial, the queen agrees to marry the ruler, and they set off for Kyiv, where they are married. However, the knights' wives, once inside the palace, start a fight with the queen and the guards. As a result, the Shamakhan queen sends the knights' wives and the prince to prison, from which they are rescued by Tikhon and Granny. They meet with the knights and Gorynych, after which they engage in battle with the warriors of the Shamakhan witch. In the end, all ends well: the prince imprisons the queen, awards Tikhon a medal, and thanks the heroes and their warrior companions. However, at the very end, a raven delivers the queen as a baby to the windowsill of the prince's study, and upon discovering her, the prince and Antipas are touched.

The ruler is forced to steal an elephant because the driver cheated him out of his pay. When the driver and his henchmen find the prince, he has already encountered Ilya, who has weakened considerably in foreign lands. The driver's gang locks Ilya up and captures the elephant, and the prince flees to the Basileus's palace, but is overpowered by guards and imprisoned. Ilya, having found Burushka's horseshoe, which had once roamed his native land, regains his strength and, together with the elephant, escapes to free the ruler from prison. Together, they go to the emperor's palace, but he deploys his army. The heroes defeat the legionnaires, but Nightingale appears on the battlefield, only to lose to the old woman. Having recovered the treasury, the prince returns to Kyiv, where he listens to the tale of Ilya's exploits, but changes his name to his own.

He is a middle-aged man with red hair and a beard. On his head he has a golden crown with a red stone in the middle. Dressed in a long golden-yellow robe with brown and orange accents. On the shoulders is a red cloak, fastened with a round gold-colored clasp. Arms in light long sleeves protruding from under outerwear. On his feet are dark boots with upturned toes. Crown: This lightweight gold crown has a simple yet elegant design. At the center is a round red stone set in a bezel. The sides of the crown are curved in gentle arcs, framing the head. It doesn't look bulky, but rather comfortable for everyday wear—a symbol of power without being overly ornate. Hairstyle: His hair is thick and reddish-brown. It's medium-length, falling in smooth, wavy strands over his ears and just below. His forehead is open, accentuating his friendly expression and complementing his crown. Beard and mustache: He has a neat, thick, reddish beard that blends smoothly into his mustache. It extends down from his cheeks, meets his mustache, and ends just above the middle of his chest. His mustache is thick but neatly trimmed, not completely covering his lips.

When a vital situation demands it, he's greedy and cunning, a hypocrite and a sycophant. He's cowardly, vain, narcissistic, selfish, and greedy, but in the most difficult moments he can demonstrate toughness, responsibility, and patriotism. He's a bit of a clown, and a bit sweet.