This volume includes three groups of historical works by V.N. Tatishchev. One of them is a direct part of Tatishchev's work on the development of the text "History of the Russian." The other includes an additional Tatishchev's "Collection of Laws of Ancient Russians" to the latter. 1 retya contains Tatishchev's criticisms of the works of other authors (I. Stralenberg and G.F. Miller).