Russia and France of the XVIII-XX century. Issue 9

The issue presents articles and publications of archival documents on the history of Russian-French relations over the past 300 years. The authors of these materials are Russian and French historians, acting with their interpretations and estimates of poorly studied and controversial aspects of the history of relations between Russia and France. The confrontation of Russian and French diplomacy in Poland in the middle of the XVIII century., Russian-French relations of the second half of the XVIII century. And the marine policy of Russia, criticism of Voltaire’s ideas by the Russian priest Leonty Zelensky, Nicholas I and Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, Princess D.Kh. Lieven on the eve of the Crimean War, Russian volunteers on the French front in the First World War, Russian emigration and Soviet-French relations the first Half of the 1920s, Boris Wilde and Anatol Levitsky - the heroes of the French resistance are the topics of some articles included in this issue. What were the ideas about Russia (USSR) in France, how did they form and how evolved over the past three centuries? Another selection of articles prepared by Russian and French historians is devoted to this topic