The library of the project “History of the Russian State” is the best monuments of historical literature recommended by Boris Akunin, which reflect the biography of our country, from its very origins. In the 17th century, the work of the “great collectors of the Russian land” ended and the Russia that began to be created then finally joins the ranks of the great European and Asian powers. A whole series of stunning dramas accompanied this evolution: the struggle of the church with secular power, a series of bloody wars and riots. This edition includes an extremely entertaining part for the Russian reader of the work “The First Romanovs” by the historian and publicist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Kazimir Valishevsky - bright, complete with colorful details of the everyday life of the court of the Russian tsars, the story of a foreigner-Pole, passionately interested in the events of a turbulent time that dramatically affected the fate of his fatherland.