The articles collected in this volume, diverse in their subject matter, are united by a common approach to Russian history, considered in the context of the history of Russian culture. The author attempts to show the historical process from the point of view of its participants. This approach involves the reconstruction of the system of representations that determined the development of Russian history. The problems of history are interconnected in the collection with the problems of philology and cultural anthropology. The book is addressed to historians, philologists, philosophers, as well as a wide range of readers interested in humanitarian disciplines.