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1390 god. Tatarin Karach-murza, syn pereselivshegosya v Ordu russkogo knyazya, ispolnyaet vazhnuyu missiyu, poruchennuyu emu chanom Tochtamyshem, — edet s posol′stvom k velikomu zavoevatelyu Timuru, chtoby zaklyuchit′ mir. Vmeste s Karach-murzoj edet plemyannica Timura, chanum CHatedzhe, kotoruyu Tochtamysh ranee zachvatil v plen, a teper′ chochet vernut′. Ona — zalog budushhego mira, no Karach-murza nevol′no obrashhaet vnimanie, naskol′ko eta zhenshhina krasiva, poetomu ne chochet rasstavat′sya s nej, ostavlyat′ u Timura. Kak zhe ispolnit′ mechtu i ne navlech′ na sebya bedu? A mozhet, vstrecha s chanum CHatedzhe — chast′ toj sud′by, kotoruyu naprorochil russkij koldun? Koldun govoril, chto Karach-murza poteryaet vse, chem vladel v Orde, i vernetsya na zemlyu predkov, to est′ na Rus′.