The book "The Rebellious Age" includes V. Shukshin's novel "I Came to Give You Free Will" and G. Kotoshikhin's essay "On Russia During the Reign of Alexei Mikhailovich" (abbreviated). Roman V. Shukshina - about the complex, full of drama and heroics of the time of the peasant uprising led by Stepan Razin. The work of G. Kotoshikhin touches upon various aspects of Russian life in the second half of the 17th century, gives a detailed picture of the life and customs of the Moscow court society, and a description of the management system of the Russian state. This essay gives an idea of ​ ​ the force that S. Razin raised the masses to fight.