A new French source about Russia in the eighteenth century in the genre of historical anecdote
A new French source about Russia in the eighteenth century in the genre of historical anecdote
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A review of the book by S.A.Mezin and the publication of an interesting historical source written in 1757 by Chevalier d’Eon, a Lockers diplomat and adventurer is presented.The manuscript “Secret Anecdotes about the Court of the All-Russian Empress” is published for the first time both in French and in Russian.In the peer-reviewed book the source characteristic and the analysis Chemicals of the manuscript, scientific comments, the detailed essay on French studies of Russia in 1725–1762 were qualitatively made.