Istoriya gosudarstva Rossiyskogo
also История государства Российского, History of the Russian State, History of the Russian Empire
Twelve volumes, the first eight published in 1818 and the last unfinished at Karamzin's death in 1826. It was Pushkin's source as well as Musorgsky's, and Musorgsky took wording for Pimen's chronicle scene from it directly.
Operas drawn from this source
- Boris Godunov — Karamzin's history, Pushkin's own source, drawn on directly for the wording of Pimen's chronicle scene