History of the Russian State of 12 volumes

"The History of the State of Russia" by Nikolai Karamzin is a monumental twelve-tomed work that has become a turnover in the Russian culture. This is not just a great historical study, but a real literary miracle of the 19th century. Karamzin has done an incredible thing: he has transformed the dry archive literature into an exciting, living and highly artistic novel that all the thinking Russia was reading. "Everyone, even secular women, stopped reading the history of their homeland, unknown to them; it was a new discovery for them; Ancient Russia seemed to be found by Karamzin, like America - Columbus." - Alexander Pushkin - A writer, officially appointed by Emperor Alexander I as a courtyard historian, worked for more than two decades. The narrative covers an enormous era - from the ancient times, the displacement of Slavic tribes and the call of the waryages to the tragic events of the Temple of the beginning of the 17th century. Karamzin did a huge scientific work, collecting, systematizing and preserving for the descendants unique primary sources (many of which, including the famous Trojan Letter, later irreversibly died in the 1812 Moscow fire). The main feature of Karamzin's work is his deep psychology and moral and philosophical view. For the author, history is not just a dry change of dates and battles, but a sacred drama, where the fate of the state directly depends on the moral appearance of its rulers. Karamzin created lively, voluminous portraits of historical figures: the greatness and wisdom of Jaroslav the Wise, the tragic complexity of Boris Godunov, the scary and compassionate drama of Ivan the Great. Written in a magnificent, reformed Russian language, this book not only put the foundations of the domestic historical science, but also predefined the development of Russian art literature for decades ahead. **About what the book is in three words: **Power, Destiny, Word. **Who to read:** To everyone who wants to understand the origins and character of Russian statehood, to the lovers of large historical chronicles, as well as to the admirers of the perfect, singing Russian slog of the Golden Age of our literature.