The book is the first to publish a Russian translation of the historical monument “True Records of the Mongols of the Qing Dynasty”, published by the Research Center on the collection of ancient written monuments of small peoples of the ARVM of the PRC in the Old Mongolian language in 2013. It was compiled on the basis of the Mongolian version of one of the most objective monuments of the historiography of the period of the Manchu dynasty in China "True records of the rule of the Great Qing dynasty" .. The present edition includes a translation of the "True Records", reflecting the era of the first three rulers of the Manchu dynasty. Nurhatsi (years of rule: 1616-1626), Hun Taiji (Abahaya) (reign: 1626-1643), Fulina (reign: 164361), and Kansi (years of rule: 1661-1722), covering the history and culture of the Mongol peoples during the formation of the Qing Empire . The book is intended for Oriental historians, linguists and ethnographers, as well as anyone interested in the history of Mongolia and the Qing Empire.