"The History of Russian Life since Ancient Times" by the Russian historian, archaeologist, collector Ivan Yegorovich Zabelin captivates the reader with brilliant and vivid descriptions of the everyday culture of the Russian people. What does the history of Russian life mean? The author believed that the roles of princes, leaders, kings were sufficiently investigated. And who undertook to describe the creator of history - the people? According to Zabelin, the people are "the first creator of their being, their life." And his spirit was expressed not so much in heroic deeds and the creation of social institutions, but in domestic arrangements, dwellings, clothes, rituals and beliefs. At the same time, Zabelin's book is also a reflection on the history of the Fatherland, which the author presents as a single continuous process with many parallels and connections.