The life of twelve kings. Life and customs of the highest yard
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The book that you read is unique: it contains memories of life, character, habits of Russian kings from Peter I to Alexander II, in addition, there is also a story about some significant events during the years of their reign.
In the first part you will find the memoirs of Ivan Brykin, who lived 115 years (1706 - 1821), eighty of which he was a career in the royal estate near Moscow, where he saw all the Russian emperors who ruled in the 18th - early 19th centuries. In the second part, you can read the story of A.G. Orlova about Catherine II and the abduction of Princess Tarakanova. In the third part there are memories collected from the letters of P.Ya. Chaadaev, about the era of Alexander I, about the war of 1812 and secret societies in Russia. In the fourth part, your attention is offered a documentary story by the historian TR Sviridova about Nicholas I.
The book is equipped with a large number of illustrations, which makes the narrative especially interesting
In the first part you will find the memoirs of Ivan Brykin, who lived 115 years (1706 - 1821), eighty of which he was a career in the royal estate near Moscow, where he saw all the Russian emperors who ruled in the 18th - early 19th centuries. In the second part, you can read the story of A.G. Orlova about Catherine II and the abduction of Princess Tarakanova. In the third part there are memories collected from the letters of P.Ya. Chaadaev, about the era of Alexander I, about the war of 1812 and secret societies in Russia. In the fourth part, your attention is offered a documentary story by the historian TR Sviridova about Nicholas I.
The book is equipped with a large number of illustrations, which makes the narrative especially interesting
Author:
Author:Brykin Ivan Savvich
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Biographies & Memoirs
- Category:History & Geography
- Category:Culture
Series:
Series: Russian History
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-00180-145-0
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