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. The book “Time of Troubles” by the Polish historian Kazimir Waliszewski (1849–935) provides a completely complete, a concise and beautiful picture of the most turbulent era in Russian history. The whirlwind of events that engulfed the vast expanse of Eastern Europe at the beginning of the 17th century, the motley kaleidoscope of the most original, often mysterious personalities rotating in its waves, has long attracted the attention of historians, writers and readers.