About the book: 2016 / Library of the project "History of the Russian State" - these are the best recommended by Boris Akunin monuments of historical literature, which reflect the biography of our country, from its very origins. This volume includes selected chapters from the “Training Book on Russian History” by the Russian historian, professor at Moscow University Sergei Mikhailovich Solovyov, and the “Course of Russian History” by the honorary academician of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences Vasily Osipovich Klyuchevsky and “The Complete Course of Lectures on Russian History” by the classic of Russian historical thought Sergei Fedorovich Platonov.