Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin is a great Russian historian and writer, a reformer of Russian literature. The creator of the immortal story “Poor Liza,” he not only laid the foundation for a new literary movement - sentimentalism, but also determined the further paths of development of Russian literature. However, the main work of his entire life is rightfully considered the twelve-volume “History of the Russian State,” an ascetic work in which the author for the first time fully revealed to readers a large-scale picture of our past. The famous historian and writer Vladimir Muravyov not only deeply researched the literary and historical works of the palace historiographer, but also showed the amazing modernity of many of Karamzin’s comments and conclusions. The undoubted advantage of the book is that the author managed to recreate the living appearance of his hero - an attentive son, a loving husband, a caring father. A man with a capital P, devoted to his fatherland until the end of his life. Under the editorship and with the accompanying staff of V. Muravyov, various publishing houses published collections and individual works of N. M. Karamzin. sign of information products 16 +