Н. И. Новиков

"Teachers are not given the floor in order to lull his thoughts, and to wake someone else" - this aphorism of the outstanding Russian historian Vasily Osipovich Kliuchevskoi expressed his own scientific credo. Klyuchevskii was a wonderful lecturer: minted its wording, intonation wealth laconic definition fascinated students. Lithographs of his lectures, students read out literally to pieces. "Historical Portraits" VOKljuchevskogo - it's brilliant characteristics of the Russian princes, monarchs, chroniclers, priests, generals, diplomats, saints, artists. , Publication is based on the famous lecture "Course of Russian History", which is already more than a century demonstrates the depth of scientific and artistic force, reaffirms its lasting value, striking novelty and relevance.