Conversations about Russian culture. Everyday life and traditions of the Russian nobility (18th - early 19th century)

In the book of the world -famous Pushkinist, philologist and culturologist Yu. M. Lotman, an analysis of the whole era is presented, which is now called Pushkinskaya. The publication was based on Yuri Mikhailovich"s lectures on the life and traditions of the Russian nobility prepared by him for Soviet television. The program of the programs was such a huge success among the audience that it was decided to publish the book “Conversations of Russian Culture”. In it, the author, attracting a lot of documentary sources, filigently immerses the reader into the atmosphere of Russian noble life of the 18th - early 19th centuries.
The book is rightfully considered one of the most important research in the field of Russian noble culture, and thanks to the simplicity of the presentation, it won the hearts of not only specialists, but also a wide range of readers