The manual has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Federal State Educational Standard of Higher Education 3++ for specialties: 31.05.03 «Dentistry», 31.05.01 «General Medicine», 33.05.01 «Pharmacy». The textbook on the discipline «History of Russia» is included in training program for the 1st course of dental, medical and pharmaceutical faculties.

The tutorial includes a course of lectures on the history of Russia, which covers the period from ancient times to the present day. In the text of the lecture, definitions and historical references are given regarding the historical science and figures of a particular period. The manual includes questions for practical exercises, and for each of them are given topics of essays, control questions and test tasks.