The book contains crosswords, chainwords, puzzles, puzzles, cryptograms and quizzes thematically related to the history of culture and art of Ancient Russia. They can be used as educational games in organizing classes according to the program of Yu. A. Solodovnikov "Artistic culture of the ancient world, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance" (VI - VIII classes). Facilitates the search for answers to the proposed game tasks included in the book thematic dictionaries and documentary drawings.