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 presents selected chapters from “The History of Russia since Ancient Times” by Sergei Mikhailovich Solovyov and “ A short course on Russian history" by Vasily Osipovich Klyuchevsky - works of remarkable Russian historians who have become a cultural phenomenon, a major historical fact of the mental life of Russia, at the current difficult moment in our history, again helping us from the standpoint of the past to understand and comprehend the present.