This is a collection of articles on the role of small cities and towns in the most difficult periods of Russian history. Contents: O prodolzhitel"nosti Smutnogo vremeni nachala XVII v.; Rol" Kaluzhskoi zemli v diplomaticheskikh sviaziakh Russkogo gosudarstva i Kryma v XVI v.; Itogi politicheskikh reform perioda perestroiki v vospriiatii ochevidtsev (po materialam Nizhegorodskoi oblasti), etc. (0.375 kg.)