This edition is a fundamental work covering material on the history of Russian art from Ancient Russia to the present day. Within a fairly limited volume, the reader is offered comprehensive information: a description of the main artistic trends and style directions, an analysis of events and facts of artistic life, a presentation of a very extensive personality of writers, artists, composers, architects. A variety of questions and tasks, an extensive bibliography, a textbook on each of the parts of the manual, a short terminological dictionary, a personal index significantly enrich the methodological apparatus of the publication.