The prose masterpiece of the people's writer of Czecho-Slovakia Vladislav Vančura (1891–1942) “Pictures from the History of the Czech People” is a work that recreates the spirit of several centuries of national history, in which the master combines the traditional Czech literature genre of historical chronicle with the concentrated dramatic action of a short story . In terms of monumentality, combined with tragedy and humor, historical accuracy and poetry, and romantic pathos, this chronicle of the past occupies a worthy place in world literature. The second volume of “Pictures” includes the cycles “Three Kings from the Přemyslid Family” and “The Last Přemyslids”. In Russian language is published for the first time on the 100th anniversary of the writer’s birth.