Biograficheskij slovar'-spravochnik vklyuchaet okolo 700 statej o gosudarstvennykh, politicheskikh, voennykh, religioznykh, obschestvennykh, revolyutsionnykh deyatelyakh, predstavitelyakh nauki, literatury, kul'tury Rossii s drevnejshikh vremen do nashikh dnej. On adresovan vsem interesuyuschimsya otechestvennoj istoriej, no glavnym obrazom prepodavatelyam i uchaschimsya.