Karamzin in periodic literature, censorship materials and dissertation researches in the 70 <sup>th</sup> - 90 <sup>th</sup> of 19 <sup>th</sup> century
Works of the writer had not waned until the end of the century. Archival sources give evidence that his works were a living cultural phenomenon, they remained a subject of heated discussions, formed historical consciousness of a Russian man and pushed him to comprehension of Russian reality. In this situation the first scientific works that give an objective evaluation of Karamzin’s heritage play a great role.