The Decembrists

"Teachers are not given the floor in order to lull his thoughts, and to wake someone else" in 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 is 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.