title: The Holy Blessed Prince Lazarus of Serbia who died in the battle with the Turks on the Kosovo Field
abstract: The article is dedicated to Prince Lazarus (c. 1320–89), who ruled Serbia in the 14th century for about two decades and died in the battle with the Turks on the Kosovo field in 1389. He proved to be a successful ruler and diplomat, managing to unite a large part of the scattered Serbian lands and strengthening dynastic ties with his Balkan neighbors, as well as resolving the conflict of the Serbian Church with the Constantinople Patriarchate. Almost immediately after his death, Prince Lazarus wa
journal: Institute of Slavic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences eBooks