Empress Catherine II (1729-1796) contributed to the fact that Russia in cultural and political terms in the 18th century was among the largest European powers. The reforms and principles of management were withstanded by it quite in the spirit of the Enlightenment: Catherine considered herself a “philosopher on the throne”, was in correspondence with Voltaire and Didro, it was with her that the Hermitage and the Public Library appeared in St. Petersburg. In addition, she had an extraordinary literary talent and left behind many works – articles, translations, libretto, comedies, fairy tales, fables. In her memoirs, she admitted: “I can’t see a pure pen without having to feel the desire to dip it into ink immediately.” The “Himel Notes of the Empress” can be called a unique monument and era with all the colorful sketches of the court’s life, intrigues and boiling of passions, and the writer and ruler herself, of course, belongs to the greatest monarchs in world history.
Author
Catherine II
Publisher
Ig Lenizdat, 2014
Series
Lenizza-classic
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