The book covers more than two millennia of Colombian history: from the ancient civilization of the Chibcha Muisca to the beginning of the 21st century. The main stages of the development of Colombian history and culture, the war of independence, the formation of traditional, liberal and conservative parties, the causes and course of intra-civil conflicts, the evolution of ideological and political movements, the development of labor and peasant movements, the problems of violence in the formation of Colombian identity and the political system of the country are considered.