The Bible is an eternal Book and a spiritual companion of mankind, it knows no boundaries in time and space and appeals to the hearts of people who speak hundreds of languages.The Bible was translated into Russian by St. Petersburg, Moscow, Kazan and Kiev Theological Academies from 1856 to 1876.The translation was based on the Russian text of the New Testament, the Psalter and the Pentateuch, which appeared as a result of the work of the Russian Bible Society in 1816-1826. The final edition was carried out by the Holy Synod and personally by Metropolitan Filaret (Drozdov) of Moscow. The full text of the translation was published in 1876.The Synodal translation is the main text of the Bible for all Christians in Russia.