From the glorious city of Galich, from the rich land of Volyn, a good fellow, Duke Stepanovich, left for hunting. But the hunt did not work out - for nothing he shot his dear arrows. Duke gathered all the arrows into the quiver and returned home to Galich, and it was on Great Saturday. Duke defended Vespers and asked his mother for a blessing to go to the capital city of Kiev, to see Prince Vladimir and Princess Apraxia. His mother began to dissuade him: sly people live in Kiev, they will plaint the good fellow. The son of mother replied: "Give, mother, forgiveness, I will go, and do not give forgiveness, I will go." Mother gave him a blessing, and gave a silk little ribbon. Duke went to the stable, chose for himself a hero horse, a shaggy pin, put a rich harness on him.

The horse galloped to Kiev: he made jumps in versts, and in three, and in five versts each, he let down rivers and lakes between his legs and leaped smooth mosses. The Goryn-snake flew over the young man about twelve heads, wanted to burn it with fire - a good horse rode away from her. The fierce beast attacked the young man, he wanted to swallow the horse - a good horse rode away from the beast. A flock of ravens flew in, wanted to scatter the young man, and a good horse rode away from them.

Duke drove three outposts, arrived on the fourth. There is a tent on the outpost, a good fellow is sleeping in the tent, the old Cossack Ilya of Muromets Duke did not know who was in the tent, he began to call him to battle. When Ilya Muromets came out of the tent, Duke fell to his feet and said: "One hero in Russia is a mighty hero, the old Cossack Ilya Muromets." Ilya loved these speeches. He punished Duke: if they offend him in Kiev, let the news with an arrow in a pure field. The falcon will pick up the arrow, Ilya will bring it, Ilya will come and Duke will help.

Duke arrives in Kiev directly to the princely chambers, puts the cross in writing, the bow leads in a scientist manner. Prince Vladimir was not at home - he was in the church at the matins. Duke sat down on his small pin, came to the Cathedral of the Virgin, stood near Prince Vladimir between Bermyata Vasilyevich and Churila Plenkovich. The prince asks the good fellow: who is he, from what land and what tribe? Duke answers: he is from the city of Galich, from the rich land of Volyn, the young boyar son Duke Stepanovich. How long has he been from Galich? - asks the prince. Duke replies: he was in Vespers in Galich, and at the morning he was ready to go to Kiev. The boyars say: "From Galich to Kiev, a direct road ride is three months, and a roundabout - six months if there are variable horses." The prince asks if the horses are expensive in Galich. There are rubles, and two, and one hundred, and five hundred, ”Duke answers,“ and I don’t know the price of my horse. ” Matins ended, everyone went out into the street, and there all the people admired Dyukov's horse. Duke went to Kiev, shakes his head: “My mother’s pavements are all oak, and your bridges, sovereign, are all uneven, pine.” And no matter what he looks at, everything is like this: there are few icons of the prince over the gate, no millet for horses, and bitter wine, and kalachi smell of pine needles, and in Galich it’s getting better and richer.

Finally offended Churila Plenkovich, decided with Duke to strike a mortgage, who will overshoot whom (richer dressed). Did you guarantee five hundred rubles? Both the prince and all the boyars vouch for Churilu, and one goal from Kiev is ready to vouch for Duke. Duke guessed then, sent an arrow with news in a pure field to Ilya Muromets. Ilya Muromets arrived in Kiev, vouched for Duke. Churila Plenkovich shod boots green Zeffyan, under the heel at least fly a nightingale, and around the heel at least an egg Katya; He put on a hat and a ushishu, fluffy, veil. And Dyuk Stepanovich shod lapottsy seven silk, decorated with yachts, each stone is worth the whole city of Kiev; Yes, he put on his usual coat: in the buttons of the litas there are fierce animals, in loops sewn of fierce snakes. Duke pulled the buttons and the loops - the animals roared, the snakes hissed, from their roar and thorn everything in Kiev fell to the ground. Pereshapal Duke Churila Plenkovich, took his five hundred rubles, bought them a Kiev goal green wine

Churila said then: “Send, prince, to the Volyn land of the census taker Dyukovo to describe wealth.” Sent to Galich Dobrynya Nikitich. Dobrynya arrived in Galich, found three tall towers, in them sits an old woman in silk and gold. Dobrynya bowed to her like Duke’s mother — it turned out to be Dyukova’s kalachnik. The next day, I met another old woman in gold - Dyukova turned out to be a nanny. And mother Dobrynya met Dyukov on the main street, she was lined with cloth, and shovels and sweepers walked in front of her - they cleared the road. Dyukova mother Dobrynya watered, fed, led wealth to show. And Dobrynya wrote this: “We should carry papers from six cities in Kiev, and carry three carts of ink — let Dyukov not describe wealth”. He returned to Kiev, showed the prince his scripture: Duke came out in all rights.

Churila and Duke again pledged: one of them would jump on the horse the Pochai River. And their mortgage was not for money, but for a riotous head. Churila accelerated from afar, and Dyuk Stepanovich jumped from the steep bank without acceleration and jumped over the Pochai River. He wanted Churile to cut his head, but the prince and princess were begged for that. Then Duke laughed at Churila, with the prince, with the princess and with all the people said goodbye and returned home to Galich-grad.