[3] The text can poetically and thematically be divided into 3 parts: Zadonshchina presents a detailed description of the Battle of Kulikovo against the Tatars led by Mamai.

The story propagates the importance of the unification of Russian principalities in order to defeat the common enemy – the Golden Horde.

It also crafted a proto-national myth about the need for unification against foreign enemies: "Let us lay down our lives for the Russian land and the Christian faith".

A. Zimin proposed that, The Tale of Igor's Campaign was written based on poetic images and ideas from Zadonshchina.

The Word on the Life and Death of Dmitry Ivanovich (Слово о житии и преставлении Дмитрия Ивановича, Slovo o zhitii i o prestavlenii Dmitriia Ivanovicha)