Evenings with Peter the Great

“Evenings with Peter the Great” is one of the last novels of Daniil Granin, a classic of Russian literature, created by him in the midst of reforms in the country. It is not surprising, therefore, that among the rich historical past of Russia, the writer was attracted by the figure of Peter I-the tsar-reformer, a talented engineer, a man with an unbending will.
In the original form of a friendly conversation from the facts little -known to the general public, evidence of contemporaries, jokes from the life of Peter, a psychological portrait of a great ruler and living person, cleared of cliches and one -sided assessments of his activities: “He is great in everything, and in nobility, And in fun and in disgrace ...