The anthology, compiled in accordance with the curriculum "History of the socio-political teachings of Russia," read at the Faculty of Political Science of Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov, includes the works of V.G. Belinsky, M.V. Butashevich-Petrashevsky, N.V. Gogol, N.M. Karamzin, I.V. Kireevsky, N.M. Muravyova, P.I. Pestelya, M.P. Pogodina, M.M. Speransky, F.I. Tyutcheva, S.S. Uvarova, A.S. Khomyakova, P.Ya. Chaadaeva, S.P. Shevyreva.