The book is dedicated to the history of the famous Polotsk campaign of Ivan the Terrible: Polotsk campaign of 1563, the integration of the Polotsk-Smolensk border region into the Russian state, the construction and military fate of the "Polotsk suburbs," the campaign of Stefan Batory in 1579. The capture of Polotsk is the farthest point of Russia's westward advance in the 16th century. The history of the Polotsk land in 1563-1579 is one of the first experiments of the imperial policy of Russia in the western direction. The campaign of 1563 was an outstanding military success of Russia during the wars of Ivan the Terrible.