Short description of important scientific result: Monograph "The Financial Policy of the Russian State in the Second Half of the 19th Century of the Beginning of the 20th Century, Moscow, 2011. It is devoted to the study of the financial policy of the state in the period of the Russian Empire of the second half of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century, reveals the main factors, directions and results of financial transformations, The role of finance ministers and the fate of their projects are shown.