IN THE WAKE OF PUGACHEV’S REBELLION: EXPERIENCE IN ORAL HISTORY by N. V. Shevtsov

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Cultural space of Russia by Андрей Боков

“…The article provides a comparative analysis of Russian cultural space in comparison with European and Eastern cultural spaces; transformations started by Peter the Great and actively continued under Catherine the Great; subsequent stages, including the Soviet practice of spatial construction and the latest transformations. …”
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Rosja Katarzyny II w Zapiskach Louisa Philippe’a de Ségura by Jolanta Kazimierczyk-Kuncer

“…The text presents deliberations on Russia by Louis Philippe de Ségur, a French diplomat, who spent almost five years in Petersburg at the court of Catherine the Great. Against the background of his intricately crafted missionary strategy, whose aim was to sign a trade treaty with Russia, Ségur draws a distinctive portrait of the tsarina and her favourite, Potiomkin, skilfully smuggling in a criticism of their reformation activities. …”
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Ippolit Bogdanovich and Voltaire’s 'Épître à l’impératrice de Russie': Adapting Praise by Andrew Kahn

“…The age of Catherine the Great was also the great age of Russian court poetry. …”
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