Last favorite. Platon Zubov
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The book of the famous Russian historian, a specialist in the history of Russia of the 18th century Igor Vladimirovich Kurukin is devoted to the life of the last favorite of Empress Ekaterina II Platon Zubov. An ordinary guards officer Platan tooth, caught the eye of the Empress, was deposited overnight to the heights of the authorities, squeezing Grigory Potemkin himself, a large Russian administrator and reformer. For the author, the biography of Zubov is not just the story of the “pamper of fate”, but also a way to tell the reader the story of the Favorism of the XVIII century, built into the management system of the Russian Empire. After all, favoritism is not only plots about the personal life of the monarchs, court "secrets" and intrigues. In the system of Russian autocracy, the favorite was not only the favorite of the sovereign or sovereign, but also became an element of the state mechanism, affecting the effectiveness of his work
Author:
Author:Kurukin Igor Vladimirovich
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Biographies & Memoirs
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-02-040500-4
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