Great historians of Russia. Thinkers and rulers

The existing persons of Russian history - it would be possible to entitle the book, which included articles-thinking A.F. Smirnov from different years - from the 80s to 2000. His research is both the portrait gallery of the great Russian historians - Karamzin, Kostomarov, Klyuchevsky, and a look at the events of Russian history from their creative laboratory, and their era - XIX century with all his wars, reforms, intellectual discussions. The book also included the lives of such historically significant figures as emperors Nicholas I and Nicholas II, as well as outstanding figures and thinkers - Gorchakov, Muromtsev, Pitirima Sorokina. All of them are united in this book not by chance - they were all concerned about the fate of Russia, its prosperity. It was the main theme of all creative fate of Anatoly Philippovich himself - a scientist, thinker, teacher