«Russkaya istoriya v zhizneopisaniyah ee glavneyshih deyateley» - fundamentalnyy trud vydayuschegosya istorika, etnografa, pisatelya, kritika XIX veka Nikolaya Ivanovicha Kostomarova (1817-1885). V nego voshli stati o vidneyshih otechestvennyh gosudarstvennyh deyatelyah, nachinaya s Vladimira Svyatogo i zakanchivaya Elizavetoy Petrovnoy. Obraznyy yazyk, bogateyshiy fakticheskiy material, kriticheskoe otnoshenie k ofitsiozu, pridayut trudam Kostomarova neprehodyaschee znachenie.
