This book introduces readers to people who devoted their entire lives to serving the great science of History.
From names known to everyone: N. M. Karamzin, N. I. Kostomarov, S. M. Solovyov, and V. O. Klyuchevsky—up to the last historical classics, S. G. Pushkarev, and the first woman in the Russian Empire to receive the title of honorary doctor of Russian history, A. Ya. Efimenko.