Konstantin Konstantinovich Sluchevsky - the largest Russian poet of the second half of the XIX century. A special place in his work is occupied by travel essays "In the North of Russia" (1886-1888) and "In the North-West of Russia" (1897), which appeared after a trip to the retinue of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich in the northwestern and northern provinces of European Russia. Written in hot pursuit, the essays reflected the dynamic and diverse life of the Russian North during the reign of Alexander III.