In the Russian educational system, upper secondary education (grades 10–11) uses these textbooks to cover Russian and world history from ancient times through the 19th or early 20th centuries.

Oleg Volobuev's textbooks are widely used for both and advanced (depth) levels in Russian high schools. The 10th-grade curriculum typically focuses on:

: The Time of Troubles, the reforms of Peter the Great, and the expansion of the Russian Empire through the 19th century. Where to Find GDZ (Solutions)