The book “Family History” is dedicated to the history of the Nikiforov-Zubov-Moiseev-Dyakov-Chernikov family and is a documentary reconstruction of the life path of representatives of 14 generations over 400 years. They conquered the Caucasus and were pioneers of Siberia, built the Russian energy industry and treated people. Warriors, farmers, priests, nobles, officials, workers, intelligentsia - they are all represented in this family, and each of the ancestors left their mark on the history of the small and large Motherland. The monograph is based on archival sources using family memories and documents.