Ujdya v otstavku posle slavnyh voennyh i gosudarstvennyh del, general-major A.I. Rigel"man s entuziazmom zanyalsya istoricheskimi issledovaniyami. Prozhiv mnogo let bok o bok s kazakami, on posvyatil neskol"ko rabot kazatskoj starine. Napisannaya za 30 let do Karamzina "Istoriya o donskih kazakah", v kotoroj istoricheskie fakty prichudlivo sochetayutsya s legendami i predaniyami, ostaetsya primechatel"nym pamyatnikom russkoj istoriografii XVIII veka. This book, "Istoriya ili povestvovanie o Donskih kazakah", by Aleksandr Ivanovich Rigel"man, is a replication of a book originally published before 1846. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible. This book was created using print-on-demand technology. Thank you for supporting classic literature.