This is the third issue in the series Fateful Years of Russia: Documentary Chronicles which aims to compile a history of Russia in its critical moments over the last several hundred years. The first two issues were about 1740 and 1762. This book offers a panoramic view of the 35-year long rule of Catharine the Great and the first year of her successor Paul I. It is based on unique documentary materials, diaries, and memoirs. The genre of the series is documentary fiction. The series also will include the following books: 1725 (Peter the Great's death), 1796, 1801, 1812, 1825,1855, etc. Each book contains a chronicle of the main events in documents with their interpretation. Richly illustrated. Started in 1998.
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Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: As New. V knige, prodolzhayushchej dokumentalno-khudozhestvennuyu seriyu, na fone shirokoj panoramy zhizni Rossii v ocherednoj perelomnyj god ee istorii predstavleny sobytiya poslednego iz pochti 35-letnego pravleniya Ekateriny Velikoj i pervogo goda smenivshego ee na prestole Pavla I: zavershayushchie krupnye deyaniya imperatritsy - nachalo vojny s Persiej, podgotovka k pokhodu na revolyutsionnuyu Frantsiyu, popytki otstranit ot nasledovaniya sobstvennogo syna i zaklyuchit russko-shvedskij dinasticheskij soyuz. Povestvovanie o pervykh deyaniyakh novogo imperatora, protivorechivykh na pervyj vzglyad, soprovozhdaet analiz ikh glubinnykh prichin. V osnove knigi - unikalnye dokumentalnye materialy, dnevniki i vospominaniya sovremennikov. Ocherednoj vypusk serii, vyzvavshej bolshoj interes shirokogo kruga znatokov i lyubitelej istorii, zavershaet dokumentalnuyu letopis osmnadtsatogo veka. Seller Inventory # 39996
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