The collection includes historical memoirs dating back to the era of the palace coups of 1720-1760. Memoirs of Count B. Kh. Minikh - Russian statesman and military leader; memoirs of his son Ernst Minich, letters of Lady Rondo, the wife of an English diplomat who lived in Russia for several years, memoirs of N. B. Dolgoruka, the daughter of Field Marshal B. P. Sheremetyev, memoirs of M. V. Danilov, a major from artillery. Most are translated and published for the first time.