Own notes. Volume 2. 1816-1820

The second volume of "own notes" N. N. Muravyov-Karsky covers the time period from 1816 to 1820. The author describes in detail his service in the Caucasus, staying in the Russian Embassy under the leadership of General A.P. Ermolov in Persia, then the diplomatic mission to the Khivinsky khan and successful return to the Caucasus, a report on the progress of the embassy in the Khiva Khan, headed by N. Muravyov. Khiva Emperor Alexander I and much more.
The material of diary notes is replete with a large number of rare ethnographic material by the beginning of the century before last, as well as many curious domestic sketches of the details of the military and diplomatic service of N. N. Muravyov. Possessing a bright and living syllable, the author in his diary records gives well -aimed and capacious characteristics of relations with superiors, colleagues and subordinates, describes the rulers of the Caucasian and Asian principalities and khanates, among which there were a large number of famous and colorful historical characters.
Painting the period of Russian history, little-studied by researchers, the notes of Muravyov-Karsky will be, without doubt, not only specialists in the field of history and cultural studies, geography and ethnology, but also a wide range of curious readers who are interested in the history of our Fatherland and adjacent to it powers