Russia in the Middle of the XVIII Century. the Struggle for the Legacy of Peter

The book is dedicated to the post-Petrine Russia - the period of the controversial, complex and largely unexplored in the literature. The author tells about the struggle at the highest levels of power, provides a number of vivid portraits of political contemporaries, tells us about the uniqueness of domestic and foreign policy immediate successors of Peter, and shows that, in spite of palace coups, the country reeling, Peter's reforms gave rise to Russia's economic development, led to the flourishing Russian culture. The publication is provided with color illustrations.