The name of Evgeniy Viktorovich Tarle, a brilliant scientist and talented storyteller, is well known to domestic history experts. Less known is the fact that Tarle still heads the list of the most published Russian historians abroad. A fascinating presentation of the history of the foreign policy of leading European countries over the past few centuries, Tarle’s inherent ability to combine the most interesting factual material with scientific and artistic generalizations, brought him unprecedented success among the reading public and at the same time - the hostility of the “masters” of Soviet historiography. Thus, books worthy of decorating any home library became bibliographic rarities in the USSR. And now Russian publishers have the opportunity to return disgraced masterpieces of historical painting to readers.