The book is addressed to a wide range of readers interested in the past of our country, it tells the story of the discovery of the Novgorod birchbark documents 11-15 centuries. These documents were first discovered in 1951. From the book the reader will learn how one by one from the earth extracted letters in which people of Novgorod, who lived many centuries ago, and it would seem completely forgotten, wrote about their daily chores, fixing each line that never get to the pages of chronicles, acts and religious books.