Peru izvestnogo arkheologa i istorika s mirovym imenem, akademika B.A.Rybakova (1908-2001) prinadlezhat fundamental"nye raboty po istorii Rossii, issledovaniyu proiskhozhdeniya drevnikh slavyan, nachal"nykh etapov stanovleniya russkoj gosudarstvennosti, Kievskoj Rusi IX-XIII vekov, razvitiya remesel, arkhitekture drevnikh gorodov, zhivopisi i literature, verovaniyam drevnikh slavyan.V osnovu knigi "Rozhdenie Rusi" polozhena izdannaya v 1982 godu k 1500-letiyu Kieva kniga B.A.Rybakova "Kievskaya Rus" i russkie knyazhestva IX-XIII vekov".