The library of the project "History of the Russian State" is the best monuments of world literature recommended by Boris Akunin, which reflect the biography of our country, from its very origins. "The Tale of Bygone Years", the oldest surviving chronicle vaults, occupies a special place in the history of Russian self-consciousness. This is the most important evidence, which reflected the views of the scribes of the beginning of the XII century .. On the Origin of Russia as a State and the Origin of the Ruling Dynasty . In the “Galician-Volyn Chronicle” descriptions of battles and “acute” political intrigues are intertwined with private family affairs, reports of a restless thirst for activity in the glory of the fatherland. In the center of the story is the figure of Grand Duke Daniil Romanovich Galitsky, at the same time an epic and romantic image of an extraordinary ruler and diplomat.