Two stories included in this book are the artistic accompaniment of the second volume of the "History of the Russian state," dedicated to the Horde era. 1st story dates back to the Mongol conquest; 2nd story set in the period of the struggle for the liberation of the Russian lands.

Roman "Orekhovyĭ Budda" opisyvaet prikli︠u︡chenii︠a︡ svi︠a︡shchennoĭ statuėtki, kotorai︠a︡ po vole sluchai︠a︡ sovershila dlinnoe puteshestvie iz dalekoĭ I︠A︡ponii v ne menee dalekui︠u︡ Moskovii︠u︡. Budda stranstvuet po vzbudorazhennoĭ petrovskimi potri︠a︡senii︠a︡mi Rusi, osveshchai︠a︡ dushi svetom satori i pomogai︠a︡ putnikam naĭti dorogu k sebe...

"The eighth volume of the project "History of the Russian State" could be called "Zigzags", because the policy of the described period (1855-1894) makes sharp turns. The collapse of the empire and the civil war are still far away, but the lightning of a future thunderstorm is already sparkling in the Russian sky and the first violence. The era of Alexander II and Alexander III gives an answer to the question: why everything turned out the way it did."...