The article provides a review of scientific papers on the history of pre-revolutionary Russian province, published in V Mire Nauchnykh Otkrytiy [In the World of Scientific Discoveries] magazine. The articles on the emerging role and significance of regions in the life of present-day Russia are indicative of the growing interest to local history and reflect the process of accumulation of historic information. Focusing attention on the material of local caliber is especially important to understand regional peculiarities of historic development of certain areas of the country. Undoubtedly, magazine articles do not contain comprehensive answers to many questions connected with the Russian history, but serve as the easy means of its comprehension. In practice the materials of the present article are reflections of Russian historians on the need to study events and phenomena of local history in order to raise historic awareness, educate general public about the history of their region and deepen their love to motherland.