This volume contains the first part of a scientific commentary translation into Russian of the earliest surviving Korean monument - the chronicle “Historical Records of Three States” (“Samkuk sagi” / “Samguk sagi”, 1145), created by the founder of Korean historiography Kim By bus. The monument covers almost a thousand years of Korean history (from the 1st century BC to the 9th century). The first volume of the Russian edition contains “Chronicles of Silla” (12 books), “Message from Kim Busik to Wang when presenting the Historical Records of the Three States”, article by M. N. Park “Chronicles of Silla and Issues of Socio-Economic History of Korea”, comments, appendices and facsimile of the text in Hanmun, now stored in the Manuscript Department of the St. Petersburg branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow, 1959). The second volume, which includes “Annals of Goguryeo”, “Annals of Baekje” and “Chronological Tables”, was published in 1995. The final volume (“Descriptions” and “Biographies”) is being prepared for publication. The publication of this volume in 1959 opened scientific series “Monuments of Literature of the Peoples of the East”, later known in the orientalist world as “Monuments of the Literature of the East”. (File without tables and original text)