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

The book is devoted to the post-Petrine Russia - the period of a controversial, complex and largely unexplored in the literature. The author tells about the struggle at the highest levels of power, has a number of vibrant political portraits of contemporaries, tells us about the uniqueness of domestic and foreign policy the next Peter receivers and shows that, in spite of palace coups, feverish country, Peter's reforms have given impetus to the economic development of Russia, led to the flourishing Russian kultury.Izdanie equipped with color illustrations.