"The Tale of Savva Grudtsyn" was written in the 70s of the 17th century. The work reflected the historical events of the first half of the century and many everyday features of that time. However, these are minor, accompanying details of the story. At the center of the work, as in “The Tale of Woe-Misfortune,” is the fate of a young man. Like the young man from “Grief-Misfortune,” Savva Grudtsyn, who, due to his youth and inexperience, became dependent on a hostile otherworldly force, finds salvation in the monastery. In “The Tale,” many of the assessments and author’s interpretations of various situations are of a traditional nature, the hero’s deviations from accepted norms of behavior , his love passion, his oblivion of duty to his parents are explained by a devilish temptation, but at the same time this work, for the first time in ancient Russian literature, develops a romantic theme of the narrative with a reflection of living human feelings. It is typical, for example, that the hero, overcome by love's longing, seeks solace in communication with nature; the passion that gripped Savva is caused by a “love potion,” but the hero’s experiences are described by the author sympathetically and vitally. “The Tale” uniquely intertwines Savva’s fairy-tale adventures with historical events in which real historical figures participate. It is noteworthy in this regard that the hero of the work himself bears the name of a famous artist in the 17th century. wealthy merchant family of the Grudtsyn-Usovs. The “Tale” combines a romantic theme with detailed descriptions of the life and customs of Rus' in the 17th century. gave grounds to a number of researchers to see in this work the experience of creating the first Russian novel. The text is printed according to the edition: Izbornik. pp. 609–625.