Cantar de las huestes de Ígor
The town is referred to in the great Old Russian poem, "The Tale of Igor's Campaign". This poem calls for the princes of the various Slavic lands to join forces in resisting the invasions of the nomadic Cuman people. The poem also glorified the courage of the army of Vsevolod Svyatoslavich, the ruler of Kursk and Trubchevsk.