The entire historical path of Russia is the struggle of the state with troublemakers who were driven by a variety of motives: personal desire for power, personal hatred of rulers, requests from external enemies, absurd “ideas” and “theories.” In the brilliant galaxy of fighters for independence The Russian national state Kuzma Minin and Dmitry Pozharsky have their own special place. Their names are forever associated with the feat that the Russian people accomplished in the name of liberating their homeland in 1612. Russia went through a tragic time at the beginning of the 17th century. Pestilence and famine, bloody civil strife, enemy invasions ruined the country to the ground. But wise heads and brave hearts Kuzma Minin and Dmitry Pozharsky, having gathered a militia, saved Rus' from destruction. What are the reasons for the Troubles, which affected all aspects of the life of Russian society without exception and resulted in a period of bloody conflicts, the struggle for national independence and national survival? And how did Russia manage to get out of this deepest state crisis? If earlier, the Russian miracle came during periods of clarity of national self-awareness and as a result of reasonable actions by the authorities, now the Russian miracle will be the salvation of Russia from the Troubles, in which we have been living for more than a decade. Overcoming the Troubles of modern times is the main task of generations living in modern Russia.