About the book: 2003 / The twelve-volume "History of the Russian State", to the writing of which Karamzin devoted the last 22 years of his life, covers the period from ancient times to the beginning of the 17th century and is not only a significant historical work, but also an excellent literary work. Karamzin contributed a lot to the understanding of the general course of Russian history and to the assessment of individual historical events, revealed, with the help of psychological analysis, the ideological and moral motives of the actions of historical personalities. Believing that the history of mankind is the history of global progress, the basis of which is the struggle of reason against error, enlightenment against ignorance. Karamzin saw the historian’s task as instructing people in their social activities. The third volume of “History of the Russian State” included the period of Russian history from 1169 to 1238.