For the first time after a hundred-year hiatus, the works of Russian historians of the 19th - 1st half of the 20th centuries are published about the famous commander and ruler - Tamerlan, whose activities and exploits in the 14th - early 15th centuries left a mark on the entire further history of Central Asia. Of course, the "Diary" of Ruy Gonzalez Clavijo, a Castilian nobleman who visited the embassy at Tamerlane's headquarters in 1403, is printed (with a decrease). Taierlan, Timur, one of the greatest world conquerors. Timur was originally the head of a squad of adventurers formed in troubled times.