The monograph by E. G. Vodolazkin is devoted to ancient Russian historiographic and historical-exegetical texts telling about history from the Creation of the world to the X century. n e. The book contains source studies, textual and hermeneutic studies of these monuments. The scientifically prepared text of Solomon's Prophecy and other materials are published in the appendix. The publication is intended for philologists, historians and everyone interested in the literature of the Russian Middle Ages.