The Epoch of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich in Russian Historiography during the Reign of Nicholas I (1825 – 1855)

This paper is aimed at attempts to clarify the features of the study period, during the reign of the second Romanov in Russian historiographical thought the XIX c., on materials published in the reign of Nicholas I. The Age of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich attracted the greatest interest to historians, who saw him as the central figure of the Moscow State in the XVII century. The study used a variety of historiographical methods; the key one used in the study is a comparative analysis of historical research and systematic approach to the development of history as a single process. Results of the study are presented in three areas - the authentic sources of the XVII century, monographs, periodicals materials of Nicholas I epoch. All areas vary in volume of the work, the breadth of the use of sources, the quality of their publications in different thematic emphases. Each of the areas has a conclusion according to the intended purpose of the study. Historians of Nicholas I epoch laid the foundations of the structure of works and outlined basic directions in the further disclosure of the included then in the fundamental works of the titans of Russian historical thought in the XIX - XX centuries.