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 diplomat and adventurer is presented.The manuscript “Secret Anecdotes about the Court of the All-Russian grandpas best Empress” is published for the first time both in French and in Russian.

In the peer-reviewed book the source characteristic knowall.blog and the analysis of the manuscript, scientific comments, the detailed essay on French studies of Russia in 1725–1762 were qualitatively made.