History of the Russian State. Volume 3-4. Edition 1895

The history of the Russian state - is not only a significant historical work, but work that has become a major phenomenon in the Russian prose. Its author - an outstanding Russian writer, historian and writer Nikolai Karamzin - are not limited to purely rationalistic explanations of historical events and in some cases used the so-called pragmatic view of history and historical-comparative method, which put his work on the advanced level of historical science at the time. "The history of the Russian state" contributed to increased interest in the country's history among his contemporaries Karamzin, and to this day remains one of the most popular books on the history of Russia.