About the book: year / The Bible is the eternal Book and spiritual companion of humanity, it knows no boundaries in time and space and appeals to the hearts of people speaking in hundreds of languages. The translation of the Bible into Russian was carried out by the St. Petersburg, Moscow, Kazan and Kyiv Theological Academies from 1856 to 1876. The translation was based on the Russian text of the New Testament, Psalms and Pentateuch, which appeared as a result of the work of the Russian Bible Society in 1816 -1826. The final editing was carried out by the Holy Synod and personally by Metropolitan of Moscow Philaret (Drozdov). The full text of the translation was published in 1876. The Synodal translation is the main text of the Bible for all Christians in Russia.