The Urskoy Prospekt is the great triumphal road within Kislev that takes its name from the monastery at its beginnings: the Reliquary of St. Alexei Urskoy. This massive stone edifice was a sanctuary consecrated by the heroes of Kislev, and the burial place of the Ice Queen's father, the great Tzar Radhii Bokha.[1a]
On either side of this road, humble vehicles can be seen plying for hire, drawn by thick-set cart-ponies and driven by rough-coated peasants who have flocked from the surround steppe to escape the advancing armies of the Northmen.[1a]