The article presents the review of the book «The Personal Factor in the Historical Science (Historiography Portraits)» by V. D. Kamynin. In this review the author showed the importance of V. D. Kaminyn’s book for the historians of the Urals. He pointed out that that this book is a important contribution into the development of the historiography of the Urals. According to I. D. Рankin’s opinion the monograph appeals to the readers as it is written in the historiography science genre. The author of the monograph tells the readers short but interesting biographies of the scholars shown through the prism of their contribution into the historical science of the Urals. The author’s personal experiences of meeting the scholars mentioned shared with readersspices up the book.