N. M. Karamzin History of the Russian State. Vol. 8 In Russian (ask us if in doubt)/N. M. Karamzin Istoriya Gosudarstva Rossiyskogo. Tom 8 The History of the Russian State is a chronicle of historical events in Russia from the Scythians to the reign of Ivan the Terrible and the times of the Troubles. Books on the history of Russia have been published before, but it was the work of Nikolai Karamzin that widely spread this knowledge among the reading population. SKUalb6945b0a6aabc5e67.